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10492 passable; <grk>'a</grk> priv. + &?; through + &?; to go.] <i>(Physics)</i>
193581 circulation; authentic; passable.</def></p>
291377 middling</b></col>, <cd>passable; tolerable.</cd> [Colloq.] --
394869 </i> not + L. <i>meabilis</i> passable, fr. <i>meare</i> to pass.]
396143 passable: cf. F. <i>impassible</i>. See <u>Passible</u>.]
406783 of a middle state or quality; passable; mediocre.</def></p>
565965 <i>passable</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Capable of being passed,
565967 are not <i>passable</i>; the stream is <i>passable</i>in
565970 <p><blockquote>His body's a <i>passable</i> carcass if it be not hurt;
565977 less <i>passable</i> than another.</blockquote> <i>L'Estrange.</i></p>
565980 <i>passable</i>.</blockquote> <i>Collier.</i></p>
565986 <p><blockquote>My version will appear a <i>passable</i> beauty when
565990 being passable.</def></p>
576367 yielding passage; passable; penetrable; -- used especially of
604719 <p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Capable of being used; passable; as, a
709951 passable condition; -- said of the ground, of roads, and the like; as,
740560 <def>Neither very good nor very bad; middling; passable; tolerable;
814056 without disgust, resentment, or opposition; passable; as, a
821477 passed over or traversed; passable.</def> [Obs.]</p>