Today's Word "practicable"
Capable of being done
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practicable \PRAK-tik-uh-buhl\ (adjective) - 1 : Capable of being done, accomplished, or put into practice; feasible; as, "a practicable method; a practicable aim." 2 : Capable of being used; usable.
"We changed, and I had not made up my mind, and still reflected for my comfort that it would be quite practicable to get down and walk back, when we changed again." -- Charles Dickens, 'Great Expectations'
Practicable derives from Late Latin practicare, "to act; to practice," from practicus, from Greek praktikos, "able in; fit for; doing; active," from prassein, "to do; to do habitually."
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