explicable

[ ek-spli-kuh-buhl, ik-splik-uh-buhl ]

/ ˈɛk splɪ kə bəl, ɪkˈsplɪk ə bəl /

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adjective

capable of being explained.

Origin of explicable

1550–60; <Latin explicābilis, equivalent to explicā(re) to explicate + -bilis-ble

OTHER WORDS FROM explicable

non·ex·pli·ca·ble, adjective

Words nearby explicable

explanatory, explant, explement, explementary angle, expletive, explicable, explicandum, explicans, explicate, explication, explication de texte

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Example sentences from the Web for explicable

Looking for the explicable in a case that seems so inexplicable is what the air crash investigators have to do.
Why Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Must Have Died Instantaneously|Clive Irving|March 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the moral, as in the physiological world, there are instances of fertility that are not yet explicable.
The Non-religion of the Future: A Sociological Study|Jean-Marie Guyau
These forms are only explicable by the interchange of letters known as Athbash, Albam, etc.
The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Daniel|F. W. Farrar
But that no collected edition of his letters appeared till very shortly before this is explicable without any difficulty.
A Letter Book|George Saintsbury

So noticeably a harmony seemed to be explicable only by a unity of origin.
The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life|Emile Durkheim
What if species should offer residual phænomena, here and there, not explicable by natural selection?
Lay Sermons, Addresses and Reviews|Thomas Henry Huxley

British Dictionary definitions for explicable

explicable

/ (ˈɛksplɪkəbəl, ɪkˈsplɪk-) /

adjective

capable of being explained

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单词	explicable
释义	explicable [ ek-spli-kuh-buhl, ik-splik-uh-buhl ] / ˈɛk splɪ kə bəl, ɪkˈsplɪk ə bəl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR explicable ON THESAURUS.COM adjective capable of being explained. Origin of explicable 1550–60; <Latin explicābilis, equivalent to explicā(re) to explicate + -bilis-ble OTHER WORDS FROM explicable non·ex·pli·ca·ble, adjective Words nearby explicable explanatory, explant, explement, explementary angle, expletive, explicable, explicandum, explicans, explicate, explication, explication de texte Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for explicable Looking for the explicable in a case that seems so inexplicable is what the air crash investigators have to do. Why Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Must Have Died Instantaneously\|Clive Irving\|March 11, 2014\|DAILY BEAST In the moral, as in the physiological world, there are instances of fertility that are not yet explicable. The Non-religion of the Future: A Sociological Study\|Jean-Marie Guyau These forms are only explicable by the interchange of letters known as Athbash, Albam, etc. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Daniel\|F. W. Farrar But that no collected edition of his letters appeared till very shortly before this is explicable without any difficulty. A Letter Book\|George Saintsbury So noticeably a harmony seemed to be explicable only by a unity of origin. The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life\|Emile Durkheim What if species should offer residual phænomena, here and there, not explicable by natural selection? Lay Sermons, Addresses and Reviews\|Thomas Henry Huxley British Dictionary definitions for explicable explicable / (ˈɛksplɪkəbəl, ɪkˈsplɪk-) / adjective capable of being explained Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to explicable intelligible, solvable, understandable
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explicable

adjective

Origin of explicable

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British Dictionary definitions for explicable

adjective

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