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Passable \Pass"a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. passable.]
1. Capable of being passed, traveled, navigated, traversed,
penetrated, or the like; as, the roads are not passable;
the stream is passablein boats.
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His body's a passable carcass if it be not hurt; it
is a throughfare for steel. --Shak.
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2. Capable of being freely circulated or disseminated;
acceptable; generally receivable; current.
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With men as with false money -- one piece is more or
less passable than another. --L'Estrange.
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Could they have made this slander passable.
--Collier.
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3. Such as may be accepted or allowed to pass without serious
objection; adequate; acceptable; tolerable; admissable;
moderate; mediocre.
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My version will appear a passable beauty when the
original muse is absent. --Dryden.
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