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practible en · ADJ

Etymology

From practice + -ible.

Meanings

1. Able to be put into practice; feasible.
   • Both strategies unit in her remarks on ancient writers' views on plays: 'for their must rules of Unity, and God knows what besides, if they meant any thing, they are enough intelligible, and practible by a woman.' 2017, Brian Woolland, Revival: Jonsonians: Living Traditions, →ISBN:
   • He declared, "Drainage is utterly impractible and even if it were practible the reward for such an undertaking would be lands that could be utilized for no other purpose than as a grazing ground for stock. 2002, Susan Cerulean, The Book of the Everglades, →ISBN, page 114:
   • You will inform me how you are inclined as soon as practible. 1844, Isaac Thomas Hecker, letter, quoted in 2014, Robert N. Hudspeth, The Correspondence of Henry D. Thoreau - Volume 1

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