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palpable

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Palpable  \Pal"pa*ble\,  a.  [F.  palpable,  L.  palpabilis  fr 
  palpare  to  feel  stroke;  cf  palpus  the  soft  palm  of  the 
  hand.] 
  1.  Capable  of  being  touched  and  felt;  perceptible  by  the 
  touch;  as  a  palpable  form  --Shak. 
 
  Darkness  must  overshadow  all  his  bounds,  Palpable 
  darkness.  --Milton. 
 
  2.  Easily  perceptible;  plain;  distinct;  obvious;  readily 
  perceived  and  detected;  gross;  as  palpable  imposture; 
  palpable  absurdity;  palpable  errors.  ``Three  persons 
  palpable.''  --P.  Plowman. 
 
  [Lies]  gross  as  a  mountain,  open  palpable.  --Shak. 
  --  {Pal"pa*ble*ness},  n.  --  {Pal"pa*bly},  adv 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  palpable 
  adj  1:  capable  of  being  perceived  by  the  senses  or  the  mind; 
  especially  capable  of  being  handled  or  touched  or 
  felt;  "a  barely  palpable  dust";  "felt  sudden  anger  in 
  a  palpable  wave";  "the  air  was  warm  and 
  close--palpable  as  cotton"  [syn:  {tangible}]  [ant:  {impalpable}] 
  2:  (medicine)  can  be  felt  by  palpation;  "a  palpable  tumor"




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