KJV Dictionary Definition: stable

stable

STABLE, a. L. The primary sense is set, fixed. See Stab.

1. Fixed; firmly established; not to be easily moved, shaken or overthrown; as a stable government.

2. Steady in purpose; constant; firm in resolution; not easily diverted from a purpose; not fickle or wavering; as a stable man; a stable character.

3. Fixed; steady; firm; not easily surrendered or abandoned; as a man of stable principles.

4. Durable; not subject to be overthrown or changed.

In this region of chance and vanity, where nothing is stable--

STABLE, v.t. To fix; to establish. Not used.

STABLE, n. L., a stand, a fixed place, like stall. See the latter. These words do not primarily imply a covering for horses or cattle. A house or shed for beasts to lodge and feed in. In large towns, a stable is usually a building for horses only, or horses and cows, and often connected with a coach house. In the country towns in the northern states of America, a stable is usually an apartment in a barn in which hay and grain are deposited.

STABLE, v.t. To put or keep in a stable. Our farmers generally stable not only horses, but oxen and cows in winter, and sometimes young cattle.

STABLE, v.i. To dwell or lodge in a stable; to dwell in an inclosed place; to kennel.

stabled

STABLED, pp. Put or kept in a stable.

stableness

STABLENESS, n.

1. Fixedness; firmness of position or establishment; strength to stand; stability; as the stableness of a throne or of a system of laws.

2. Steadiness; constancy; firmness of purpose; stability; as stableness of character, of mind, of principles or opinions.

stabling

STABLING, ppr. Putting or keeping in a stable.

STABLING, n.

1. The act or practice of keeping cattle in a stable.

2. A house, shed or room for keeping horses and cattle.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.
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