comformable

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He explained the hale circumstances o' the case to me, and I dinna think the charge o' a grown, handsome girl like Maggie was comformable, or to be thocht o'.

From A Daughter of Fife by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

Is it not in the same sense that the Fathers condemned slavery as contrary to divine law, while respecting it as comformable to human law?

From An Essay on Mediaeval Economic Teaching by O'Brien, George

But, Sir, I am glad to see how comformable you are to the statutes.

From History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour by L'Estrange, Alfred Guy Kingan

"I must not stay, but it is my Lady's wish that you should have all that is comformable, and you'll let me know how Madge behaves herself."

From Love and Life An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

On page 170, "comformable" was replaced with "conformable".

From An Introduction to the History of Japan by Hara, Katsuro