"rationable" meaning in English

See rationable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From ration + -able. Piecewise doublet of reasonable. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|ration|able}} ration + -able, {{sup|2}} ², {{piecewise doublet|en|reasonable}} Piecewise doublet of reasonable Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} rationable (not comparable)
  1. Suitable for being rationed. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-rationable-en-adj-LrPkC6U7 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -able
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adjective

Forms: more rationable [comparative], most rationable [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English racionable, a learned borrowing from Classical Latin ratiōnābilis. Doublet of reasonable. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|racionable}} Middle English racionable, {{glossary|learned borrowing}} learned borrowing, {{der|en|la-cla|ratiōnābilis}} Classical Latin ratiōnābilis, {{sup|1}} ¹, {{doublet|en|reasonable}} Doublet of reasonable Head templates: {{en-adj}} rationable (comparative more rationable, superlative most rationable)
  1. (now rare) Synonym of rational or reasonable. Tags: archaic Synonyms: rational or reasonable [synonym, synonym-of] Derived forms: rationably Related terms: rationability
    Sense id: en-rationable-en-adj-yZWvMcsn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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