Definition of liable

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Liable (v. t.) Exposed to a certain contingency or casualty, more or less probable; -- with to and an infinitive or noun; as, liable to slip; liable to accident..

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Ductility :: Ductility (n.) Tractableness; pliableness.
Amenable :: Amenable (a.) Liable to punishment, a charge, a claim, etc..
Committible :: Committible (a.) Capable of being committed; liable to be committed.
Spalt :: Spalt (a.) Liable to break or split; brittle; as, spalt timber..
Impeachable :: Impeachable (a.) That may be impeached; liable to impeachment; chargeable with a crime.
Excisable :: Excisable (a.) Liable or subject to excise; as, tobacco in an excisable commodity..
Deniable :: Deniable (a.) Capable of being, or liable to be, denied..
Membranaceous :: Membranaceous (a.) Thin and rather soft or pliable, as the leaves of the rose, peach tree, and aspen poplar..
Truthful :: Truthful (a.) Full of truth; veracious; reliable.
Temptable :: Temptable (a.) Capable of being tempted; liable to be tempted.
Evanid :: Evanid (a.) Liable to vanish or disappear; faint; weak; evanescent; as, evanid color..
Answerableness :: Answerableness (n.) The quality of being answerable, liable, responsible, or correspondent..
Hypothecation :: Hypothecation (n.) A contract whereby, in consideration of money advanced for the necessities of the ship, the vessel, freight, or cargo is made liable for its repayment, provided the ship arrives in safety. It is usually effected by a bottomry bond. See Bottomry..
Hazardable :: Hazardable (a.) Liable to hazard or chance; uncertain; risky.
Fickle :: Fickle (a.) Not fixed or firm; liable to change; unstable; of a changeable mind; not firm in opinion or purpose; inconstant; capricious; as, Fortune's fickle wheel..
Dynamite :: Dynamite (n.) An explosive substance consisting of nitroglycerin absorbed by some inert, porous solid, as infusorial earth, sawdust, etc. It is safer than nitroglycerin, being less liable to explosion from moderate shocks, or from spontaneous decomposition..
Flexile :: Flexile (a.) Flexible; pliant; pliable; easily bent; plastic; tractable.
Forfeit :: Forfeit (n.) Lost or alienated for an offense or crime; liable to penal seizure.
Triable :: Triable (a.) Liable to undergo a judicial examination; properly coming under the cognizance of a court; as, a cause may be triable before one court which is not triable in another..
Punishable :: Punishable (a.) Deserving of, or liable to, punishment; capable of being punished by law or right; -- said of person or offenses..
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