Category:Practicable

Prac"ti*ca*ble, a. Etym: [ll. practicare to act, transact, fr. L. Practicus active, gr. 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"ti*ca*ble*ness, n. -- prac"ti*ca*bly, adv.