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practicableness
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Practicableness
(gcide) | 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.
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2. Capable of being used; passable; as, a practicable weapon;
a practicable road.
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Practicable breach (Mil.), a breach which admits of
approach and entrance by an assailing party.
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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.
[1913 Webster] -- Prac"ti*ca*ble*ness, n. --
Prac"ti*ca*bly, adv.
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practicableness
(wn) | practicableness
n 1: the quality of being usable [syn: practicability,
practicableness] [ant: impracticability,
impracticableness] |
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