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practicable

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  1. 1. a. 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. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Capable of being used; passable; as, a practicable weapon; a practicable road. Source: opted
  3. 3. adj. usable for a specific purpose Source: wordnet
  4. 4. adj. capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are Source: wordnet
  5. 5. 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. Source: webster
  6. 6. j:100 s usable for a specific purpose s capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are Source: ecdict

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