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Passable | Passable \Pass"a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. passable.] 1. Capable of being passed, traveled, navigated, traversed, penetrated, or the like; as, the roads are not passable; the stream is passablein boats. [1913 Webster] His body's a passable carcass if it be not hurt; it is a throughfare for steel. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Capable of being freely circulated or disseminated; acceptable; generally receivable; current. [1913 Webster] With men as with false money -- one piece is more or less passable than another. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster] Could they have made this slander passable. --Collier. [1913 Webster] 3. Such as may be allowed to pass without serious objection; tolerable; admissable; moderate; mediocre. [1913 Webster] My version will appear a passable beauty when the original muse is absent. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] |
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