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Webster 1913 Edition

Penetrable

Pen′e-tra-ble

,
Adj.
[L.
penetrabilus
: cf. F.
pénétrable
.]
Capable of being penetrated, entered, or pierced. Used also figuratively.
And pierce his only
penetrable
part.
Dryden.
I am not made of stones,
But
penetrable
to your kind entreats.
Shakespeare
–
Pen′e-tra-ble-ness
,
Noun.
–
Pen′e-tra-bly
,
adv.

Webster 1828 Edition

Penetrable

PEN'ETRABLE

,
Adj.
[L. penetrabilis. See Penetrate.]
1.
That may be penetrated,entered, or pierced by another body.
Let him try thy dart,
And pierce his only penetrable part.
2.
Susceptible of moral or intellectual impression.
I am not made of stone,
But penetrable to your kind entreaties.

Definition 2024

penetrable

penetrable

See also: pénétrable

English

Adjective

penetrable ‎(comparative more penetrable, superlative most penetrable)

  1. Capable of being penetrated, entered, or pierced.
    • 1867: George Rawlinson, The Five Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World
      On the east the high mountain-chain of Zagros, penetrable only in one or two places, forms a barrier of the most marked character, and is beyond a doubt the natural limit for which we are looking.
    • 1900: Arthur M. Mann, The Boer in Peace and War
      A Boer may know you, but it will take you some time to know him, and when a certain stage in your acquaintance is reached, you may begin to wonder whether his real nature is penetrable at all.
    • 1996: Peter Carruthers & Peter K. Smith, Theories of Theories of Mind
      A capacity is cognitively penetrable in this sense if that capacity is affected by the subject's knowledge or ignorance of the domain.

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  • penetrable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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