Hypertext Webster Gateway: "accessible"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Accessible \Ac*cess"i*ble\, a. [L. accessibilis, fr. accedere:
cf. F. accessible. See {Accede}.]
1. Easy of access or approach; approachable; as, an
accessible town or mountain, an accessible person.
2. Open to the influence of; -- with to. ``Minds accessible
to reason.'' --Macaulay.
3. Obtainable; to be got at.
The best information . . . at present accessible.
--Macaulay.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
accessible
adj 1: capable of being reached; "a town accessible by rail" [ant:
{inaccessible}]
2: capable of being read with comprehension; "readily
accessible to the nonprofessional reader"; "the tales seem
more approachable than his more difficult novels" [syn: {approachable}]
3: easily obtained; "most students now have computers
accessible"; "accessible money"
4: easy to get along with or talk to; friendly; "an accessible
and genial man"
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