Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition

Passable

Pass′a-ble

,
Adj.
[Cf. F.
passable
.]
1.
Capable of being passed, traveled, navigated, traversed, penetrated, or the like;
as, the roads are not
passable
; the stream is
passable
in boats.
His body’s a
passable
carcass if it be not hurt; it is a throughfare for steel.
Shakespeare
2.
Capable of being freely circulated or disseminated; acceptable; generally receivable; current.
With men as with false money – one piece is more or less
passable
than another.
L'Estrange.
Could they have made this slander
passable
.
Collier.
My version will appear a
passable
beauty when the original muse is absent.
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition

Passable

P`ASSABLE

,
Adj.
That may be passed, traveled or navigated. The roads are not passable. The stream is passable in boats.
1.
That may be penetrated; as a substance passable by a fluid.
2.
Current; receivable; that may be or is transferred from hand to hand; as bills passable in lieu of coin. False coin is not passable.
3.
Popular; well received.
4.
Supportable. [This should be passible.]

Similar Results