Hypertext Webster Gateway: "colorable"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Colorable \Col"or*a*ble\, a.
Specious; plausible; having an appearance of right or
justice. ``Colorable pretense for infidelity.'' --Bp.
Stillingfleet. -- {Col"or*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Col"or*a*bly},
adv.
Colorable and subtle crimes, that seldom are taken
within the walk of human justice. --Hooker.
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