Hypertext Webster Gateway: "practicable"

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) 1.7 (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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