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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
practicableness
    n 1: the quality of being usable [syn: practicability,
         practicableness] [ant: impracticability,
         impracticableness]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Practicable \Prac"ti*ca*ble\, 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.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Capable of being used; passable; as, a practicable weapon;
      a practicable road.
      [1913 Webster]

   Practicable breach (Mil.), a breach which admits of
      approach and entrance by an assailing party.
      [1913 Webster]

   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.
        [1913 Webster] -- Prac"ti*ca*ble*ness, n. --
        Prac"ti*ca*bly, adv.
        [1913 Webster]

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