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English Dictionary: practicableness	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for practicableness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
practicableness n the quality of being usable [syn: practicability, practicableness] Antonym(s): impracticability, impracticableness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Practicable \Prac"ticable\, 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"ticableness}, n. -- {Prac"tica*bly}, adv.