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Webster 1913 Edition


Communicable

Com-mu′ni-ca-ble

(kŏm-mū′nĭ-kȧ-b’l)
,
Adj.
[Cf. F.
communicable
, LL.
communicabilis
.]
1.
Capable of being communicated, or imparted;
as, a
communicable
disease;
communicable
knowledge
.
–
Com-mu′ni-ca-ble-ness
,
Noun.
–
Com-mu′ni-ca′bly
,
adv.

Webster 1828 Edition


Communicable

COMMUNICABLE

, a.
1.
That may be communicated; capable of being imparted from one to another; as, knowledge is communicable by words.
Lost bliss, to thee no more communicable.
Eternal life is communicable to all.
2.
That may be recounted.
3.
Communicative; ready to impart.