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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Practicable

/prăk'-tək-əb-əl/ · Prac·ti·ca·ble · IPA /ˈpɹæktɪkəbəl/
01 a. That may be practiced or performed; capable of being done or accomplished with available means or resources; feasible; as, a practicable me…
  1. 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. 2.
    Capable of being used; passable; as, a practicable weapon; a practicable road.
Phrases & compounds
Practicable breach — 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.