compassableadj.
/ˈkʌmpəsəb(ə)l/ Capable of being compassed, attainable.
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the world > action or operation > easiness > [adjective] > feasible
openOE
possiblec1384
doablec1443
feasiblec1460
agible?a1475
performable1548
parable1563
practiceable1570
compassable1581
factible1585
effectuable1590
practicable1593
exploitable1611
achievable1634
effectible1646
operable1646
accomplishable1657
perpetrable1680
workable1756
executable1796
expeditable1820
workable1822
powerable1860
runnable1860
manageable1866
actable1876
viable1955
1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xliii. 275 I take the thing also to be verie compassable.
1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Pharmaceut. Shop ii, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Yyyy3v Aqua Theriacal..consists but of a few things, and they easily compassable.
1780 E. Burke Speech Oeconomical Reformation 88 Our objects are plain and compassable.
1887 Sat. Rev. 3 Dec. 770 Sydney has the Blue Mountains..within compassable distance.
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