Prā'c·ti-ca-ble, a.
a. [From L. Lat. practicare, to act, transact, from Lat. practicus, active, Gr. πρακ-τικός, O. Fr. practicable, N. Fr. praticable, Sp. practicable, It. praticabile. See PRACTICAL.]
- Capable of being practiced or performed; capable of being done or accomplished; possible to be accomplished with known means or resources; feasible; as, a practicable plan. “A practicable virtue.” Dryden.
- Admitting of use, or of being passed or traveled; passable. “When the roads began to become practicable.” W. Scott.
Practicable breach (Mil.), one admitting of easy entrance by an assaulting party; especially, one when the slope of the debris is so gentle as to make the ascent easy to an assaulting party. Syn. — Possible; feasible. — PRACTICABLE, POSSIBLE. A thing may be possible, i. e., not forbidden by any law of nature, and yet may not now be practicable for want of the means requisite to its performance. Archimedes thought it possible to lift the world, but this has not been found as yet practicable.