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col·or·a·ble
(kŭl′ər-ə-bəl)adj.
1. Seemingly genuine or legally valid: a colorable claim of innocence.
2. Capable of being colored: colorable drawings.
col′or·a·bil′i·ty n.
col′or·a·bly adv.
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col•or•a•ble
(ˈkʌl ər ə bəl)adj.
1. capable of being colored.
2. seemingly valid; plausible.
3. pretended.
[1400–50]
col′or•a•bly, adv.
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