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| Sassabye | { } n. (Zool.) A large African antelope (Alcelaphus lunata), similar to the hartbeest, but having its horns regularly curved. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Sassaby | | Passable | a. [ Cf. F. passable. ] 1. Capable of being passed, traveled, navigated, traversed, penetrated, or the like; as, the roads are not passable; the stream is passablein boats. [ 1913 Webster ] His body's a passable carcass if it be not hurt; it is a throughfare for steel. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Capable of being freely circulated or disseminated; acceptable; generally receivable; current. [ 1913 Webster ] With men as with false money -- one piece is more or less passable than another. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ] Could they have made this slander passable. Collier. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Such as may be accepted or allowed to pass without serious objection; adequate; acceptable; tolerable; admissable; moderate; mediocre. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ] My version will appear a passable beauty when the original muse is absent. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Passableness | n. The quality of being passable. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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| | passable | (พาส'ซะเบิล) adj. ผ่านได้, ข้ามได้ | | impassable | (อิมพาส'ซะเบิล) adj. ห้ามผ่าน, ผ่านไม่ได้, เอาชนะไม่ได้, หมุนเวียนไม่ได้., See also: impassability n. impassably adv. |
| | passable | (adj) ผ่านไปได้, พอควร, ดีปานกลาง, ยอมรับได้ | | impassable | (adj) ข้ามไม่ได้, ที่เป็นทางตัน, อับจน |
| | | พอใช้ | [phøchai] (adj) EN: fair ; reasonable FR: acceptable ; passable |
| | | | | Passable | a. [ Cf. F. passable. ] 1. Capable of being passed, traveled, navigated, traversed, penetrated, or the like; as, the roads are not passable; the stream is passablein boats. [ 1913 Webster ] His body's a passable carcass if it be not hurt; it is a throughfare for steel. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Capable of being freely circulated or disseminated; acceptable; generally receivable; current. [ 1913 Webster ] With men as with false money -- one piece is more or less passable than another. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ] Could they have made this slander passable. Collier. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Such as may be accepted or allowed to pass without serious objection; adequate; acceptable; tolerable; admissable; moderate; mediocre. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ] My version will appear a passable beauty when the original muse is absent. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Passableness | n. The quality of being passable. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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