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practicable

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Practicable  \Prac"ti*ca*ble\,  a.  [LL.  practicare  to  act 
  transact,  fr  L.  practicus  active,  Gr  ?:  cf  F.  practicable, 
  pratiquer  to  practice.  See  {Practical}.] 
  1.  That  may  be  practiced  or  performed;  capable  of  being  done 
  or  accomplished  with  available  means  or  resources; 
  feasible;  as  a  practicable  method;  a  practicable  aim  a 
  practicable  good. 
 
  2.  Capable  of  being  used  passable;  as  a  practicable  weapon; 
  a  practicable  road. 
 
  {Practicable  breach}  (Mil.),  a  breach  which  admits  of 
  approach  and  entrance  by  an  assailing  party. 
 
  Syn:  Possible;  feasible.  --  {Practicable},  {Possible}.  A 
  thing  may  be  possible,  i.  e.,  not  forbidden  by  any  law 
  of  nature,  and  yet  may  not  now  be  practicable  for  want 
  of  the  means  requisite  to  its  performance.  -- 
  {Prac"ti*ca*ble*ness},  n.  --  {Prac"ti*ca*bly},  adv 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  practicable 
  adj  1:  usable  for  a  specific  purpose;  "an  operable  plan";  "a 
  practicable  solution"  [syn:  {operable}] 
  2:  capable  of  being  done  with  means  at  hand  and  circumstances 
  as  they  are  [syn:  {feasible},  {viable},  {workable}]




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