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Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Considerable

Con·sid′er·a·ble (kŏn·sĭd′ẽr·ȧ·b'l), a. [Cf. F. considérable.] 1. Worthy of consideration; requiring to be observed, borne in mind, or attended to.

It is considerable, that some urns have had inscriptions on them expressing that the lamps were burning. Bp. Wilkins.

Eternity is infinitely the most considerable duration. Tillotson.

2. Of some distinction; noteworthy; influential; respectable; — said of persons.

You are, indeed, a very considerable man. Junius.

3. Of importance or value.

In painting, not every action, nor every person, is considerable enough to enter into the cloth. Dryden.

A considerable sum of money. Prescott.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Noah Porter, editor (Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913). Public domain. Text as transcribed by MICRA, Inc., from Project Gutenberg. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: Greek, which our source spelled in Latin letters, set in Greek letters; entries of one spelling merged into one article; Greek words our source left out (shown as “?”), read from the 1898 printing, from the same plates (the Library of Congress’s copy), where the place could be found with certainty. Of the others, 1,362 (a word or a single letter each) were inferred by AI from the context by the dictionary’s own rules and are marked with a wavy underline (tap or point at one to see the note); the rest, which could not be inferred with confidence, are left as “?”.