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doable, a.|ˈduːəb(ə)l|
[f. do v. + -able.]
1. That can be done; practicable.
c1449Pecock Repr. i. vii. 37 A lawe..which is doable and not oonli knoweable. 1611Cotgr., Faisable..doeable, effectable. 1843Carlyle Past & Pr. Proem iii. 23 A right noble instinct of what is doable and what is not doable never forsakes them. 1883Stevenson Silverado Sq. 112.
2. Capable of being ‘done’ or victimized: see do v. 11 f.
1852R. S. Surtees Sponge's Sp. Tour x, Every man has his weak or ‘do-able’ point. |