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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Improvable  \Im*prov"a*ble\,  a.  [From  {Improve}.] 
  1.  Capable  of  being  improved;  susceptible  of  improvement; 
  admitting  of  being  made  better;  capable  of  cultivation,  or 
  of  being  advanced  in  good  qualities. 
 
  Man  is  accommodated  with  moral  principles, 
  improvable  by  the  exercise  of  his  faculties.  --Sir 
  M.  Hale. 
 
  I  have  a  fine  spread  of  improvable  lands.  --Addison. 
 
  2.  Capable  of  being  used  to  advantage;  profitable; 
  serviceable;  advantageous. 
 
  The  essays  of  weaker  heads  afford  improvable  hints 
  to  better.  --Sir  T. 
  Browne. 
  --  {Im*pro"a*ble*ness},  n.  --  {Im*prov"a*bly},  adv 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  improvable 
  adj  :  susceptible  of  improvement 

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