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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Tăn'gi-ble, a.

adjective

a. [Fr., Pr., & Sp. tangible, It. tangibile, Lat. tangibilis, from tangere, to touch.]

  1. Perceptible by the touch; tactile; palpable.
  2. Capable of being possessed or realized; readily apprehensible by the mind, or made the ground of action. “Direct and tangible benefit to ourselves and others.” Southey.