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Definition of Porteble

Port"a*ble (?), a. [L. portabilis, fr. portare to carry: cf. F. portable. See Port demeanor.] 1. Capable of being borne or carried; easily transported; conveyed without difficulty; as, a portable bed, desk, engine. South.

2. Possible to be endured; supportable. [Obs.]

How light and portable my pain seems now!
Shak.

Portable forge. See under Forge. -- Portable steam engine. See under Steam engine.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

PORTABLE, adj. Exposed to a mutable ownership through vicissitudes of
possession.

His light estate, if neither he did make it
Nor yet its former guardian forsake it,
Is portable improperly, I take it.

Worgum Slupsky

- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

  • Able to be carried or easily moved.
  • (computing) of software that can run on multiple hardware systems, or under multiple operating systems.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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