COLORABLE

colorable. Colorable, a. plausible, specious, probable, likely

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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.