feasibleadj.

Brit.

/ˈfiːzᵻbl/, U.S.

/ˈfizəb(ə)l/

Forms: Middle English faysyble, fesable, 1500s fays-, feac-(1600s feice-) able, 1500s–1600s faisable, fesible, 1600s fac-, fæs-, fa(i)s-, fe(a)cible, feizable, feizible, foisible, 1600s–1700s feas(e)ble, feazable, feazible, 1600s– feasible.

Etymology: < Old French faisable, -ible, < fais- imperfect stem of faire ( < Latin facere ) to do: see -ble suffix.

1. Of a design, project, etc.: Capable of being done, accomplished or carried out; possible, practicable.

ΘΚΠ

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

c1460 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (1885) ix Such an enterprise is the more feseable.

1587 W. Raleigh Let. to Ld. Burghley in Notes & Queries (1864) V. 207 The matter and service will be very fesible.

1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 59 To an infinite power all things are equally faisable.

a1687 W. Petty Polit. Arithm. (1690) 114 It is..a very feasible matter for [England]..to gain the Universal Trade of the whole Commercial World.

1787 F. Burney Diary Dec. (1842) III. 418 This seemed a most feasible way of producing some variety in our intercourse.

1822 W. Hazlitt Table-talk (1869) 2nd Ser. iv. 89 The mind..runs back to what was so..feasible at one time.

1862 J. H. Bennet Mentone & Biarritz as Winter Climates (ed. 2) vi. 143 We are so ready..as a nation, to go to any feasible expense to obtain what we want.

absolute.1874 J. Morley On Compromise 87 It is the natural product of the political spirit, which is incessantly thinking of..the immediately feasible.

2. Of things in general, also of persons: Capable of being dealt with successfully in any way, either in a material or immaterial sense. Cf. Sc. ‘Feasible, neat, tidy. Roxb.’ (Jamieson).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > easiness > [adjective] > feasible > capable of being dealt with

treatable1570

feasible1611

copable1667

dealable1667

possible1864

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > possibility > [adjective]

possiblec1384

possibly1542

resortible1586

feasible1611

mortal1616

maybe1687

poss1853

1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xii. 583/2 Paris..not being fesible, he retires into Britaine to refresh his Army.

1624 R. Montagu Gagg for New Gospell? To Rdr. [I] am like enough to draw you, my Parishioners, with me, at least to make you more feasable, then otherwise you would be.

1624 R. Montagu Let. 22 Nov. in Corr. J. Cosin (1869) I. 27 Yet is it [sc. the living] feisable for a good exchaunge.

1652 W. Blith Eng. Improver Improved ix. 48 I know all Lands are not so Fecible as others are.

1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) Corn-Setting Engine, a very easy and most feasible Instrument.

1839 G. P. R. James Louis XIV II. 87 The whole place was so feasible.

1856 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 307 I should so like a Scotch~woman, if I could get any feasible Scotchwoman.

1866 J. Macgregor Thousand Miles in Rob Roy Canoe 5 The difficulty was to find..what rivers were at once feasible to paddle on and pretty to see.

1889 E. Dowson Let. 3 Feb. (1967) 33 I have suggested Swinburne & Pater, Lang, Oscar Wilde & Lady Dilke as the most feasible.

3. Of a proposition, theory, story, etc.: Likely, probable.Hardly a justifiable sense etymologically, and (probably for that reason) recognized by no Dict., though supported by considerable literary authority.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > probability, likelihood > [adjective]

likelya1400

seemlya1400

probable?a1425

allowablec1443

seeming?c1450

apt1528

topical1594

liking1611

suspicable1651

presumable1655

feasible1656

suspected1706

in the cards1764

on the cards1788

in the dice1844

liable1888

better-than-chance1964

1656 T. Hobbes Six Lessons v. 52 in Elements Philos. A Proposition uttered, to the end to have it..examined whether it be true or not true, faisable or not faisable.

1726 W. R. Chetwood Voy. & Adventures Capt. R. Boyle 57 Now Mirza kept the Key of the Gate, so that my Story was feazable enough.

1767 H. Brooke Fool of Quality xvii ‘As you say, James’, cried Mr. Fenton, ‘this account seems pretty feasible’.

1833 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 105 The only feasible theory..that has yet been proposed.

1856 P. E. Dove Logic Christian Faith v. i. §2. 277 There might be some feasible doubts as to whether [etc].

1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi v. 129 It seems feasible that a legitimate..trade might take the place of the present unlawful traffic.

†4. As n. in plural. Things feasible. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > easiness > [noun] > feasibility > that which is

feasibility1646

feasible1661

agible1677

doable1843

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > probability, likelihood > [noun] > instance(s) of

probabilityc1454

probable1638

feasible1661

likelihood1759

1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing xii. 114 We conclude many things within the list of Impossibilities, which yet are easie Feasables.

Derivatives

ˈfeasibly adv. in a feasible manner.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > easiness > [adverb] > in feasible way

feasibly1653

workably1971

1653 W. Blith Eng. Improver Improved (new ed.) xiii. 85 Improve it by Floating, which may very feazibly be done according to the direction of the fourth..Chapter.

1709 J. Collier Ess. Moral Subj.: Pt. IV vii. 331 They have made the Project look feasibly, and contriv'd ways and means to prevent Discovery.

ˈfeasibleness n. the quality or fact of being feasible, feasibility.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > easiness > [noun] > feasibility

possibilityc1385

feasibility1624

feasibleness1633

possibleness1642

practicableness1648

practicability1665

workableness1791

executibility1801

workability1843

operability1905

performability1941

viability1955

1633 T. James Strange Voy. 107 The faiseablenesse of the Action intended.

1736 T. Carte Hist. Life Duke Ormonde II. 177 The feasableness of the offers which had been made of seizing Glocester.

1860 J. G. Holland Miss Gilbert's Career i. 8 A demonstration of the feasibleness of infant instruction.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	feasible
释义	feasibleadj. Brit. /ˈfiːzᵻbl/, U.S. /ˈfizəb(ə)l/ Forms: Middle English faysyble, fesable, 1500s fays-, feac-(1600s feice-) able, 1500s–1600s faisable, fesible, 1600s fac-, fæs-, fa(i)s-, fe(a)cible, feizable, feizible, foisible, 1600s–1700s feas(e)ble, feazable, feazible, 1600s– feasible. Etymology: < Old French faisable, -ible, < fais- imperfect stem of faire ( < Latin facere ) to do: see -ble suffix. 1. Of a design, project, etc.: Capable of being done, accomplished or carried out; possible, practicable. ΘΚΠ 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 c1460 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (1885) ix Such an enterprise is the more feseable. 1587 W. Raleigh Let. to Ld. Burghley in Notes & Queries (1864) V. 207 The matter and service will be very fesible. 1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 59 To an infinite power all things are equally faisable. a1687 W. Petty Polit. Arithm. (1690) 114 It is..a very feasible matter for [England]..to gain the Universal Trade of the whole Commercial World. 1787 F. Burney Diary Dec. (1842) III. 418 This seemed a most feasible way of producing some variety in our intercourse. 1822 W. Hazlitt Table-talk (1869) 2nd Ser. iv. 89 The mind..runs back to what was so..feasible at one time. 1862 J. H. Bennet Mentone & Biarritz as Winter Climates (ed. 2) vi. 143 We are so ready..as a nation, to go to any feasible expense to obtain what we want. absolute.1874 J. Morley On Compromise 87 It is the natural product of the political spirit, which is incessantly thinking of..the immediately feasible. 2. Of things in general, also of persons: Capable of being dealt with successfully in any way, either in a material or immaterial sense. Cf. Sc. ‘Feasible, neat, tidy. Roxb.’ (Jamieson). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > [adjective] > feasible > capable of being dealt with treatable1570 feasible1611 copable1667 dealable1667 possible1864 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > possibility > [adjective] possiblec1384 possibly1542 resortible1586 feasible1611 mortal1616 maybe1687 poss1853 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xii. 583/2 Paris..not being fesible, he retires into Britaine to refresh his Army. 1624 R. Montagu Gagg for New Gospell? To Rdr. [I] am like enough to draw you, my Parishioners, with me, at least to make you more feasable, then otherwise you would be. 1624 R. Montagu Let. 22 Nov. in Corr. J. Cosin (1869) I. 27 Yet is it [sc. the living] feisable for a good exchaunge. 1652 W. Blith Eng. Improver Improved ix. 48 I know all Lands are not so Fecible as others are. 1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) Corn-Setting Engine, a very easy and most feasible Instrument. 1839 G. P. R. James Louis XIV II. 87 The whole place was so feasible. 1856 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 307 I should so like a Scotch~woman, if I could get any feasible Scotchwoman. 1866 J. Macgregor Thousand Miles in Rob Roy Canoe 5 The difficulty was to find..what rivers were at once feasible to paddle on and pretty to see. 1889 E. Dowson Let. 3 Feb. (1967) 33 I have suggested Swinburne & Pater, Lang, Oscar Wilde & Lady Dilke as the most feasible. 3. Of a proposition, theory, story, etc.: Likely, probable.Hardly a justifiable sense etymologically, and (probably for that reason) recognized by no Dict., though supported by considerable literary authority. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > probability, likelihood > [adjective] likelya1400 seemlya1400 probable?a1425 allowablec1443 seeming?c1450 apt1528 topical1594 liking1611 suspicable1651 presumable1655 feasible1656 suspected1706 in the cards1764 on the cards1788 in the dice1844 liable1888 better-than-chance1964 1656 T. Hobbes Six Lessons v. 52 in Elements Philos. A Proposition uttered, to the end to have it..examined whether it be true or not true, faisable or not faisable. 1726 W. R. Chetwood Voy. & Adventures Capt. R. Boyle 57 Now Mirza kept the Key of the Gate, so that my Story was feazable enough. 1767 H. Brooke Fool of Quality xvii ‘As you say, James’, cried Mr. Fenton, ‘this account seems pretty feasible’. 1833 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 105 The only feasible theory..that has yet been proposed. 1856 P. E. Dove Logic Christian Faith v. i. §2. 277 There might be some feasible doubts as to whether [etc]. 1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi v. 129 It seems feasible that a legitimate..trade might take the place of the present unlawful traffic. †4. As n. in plural. Things feasible. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > [noun] > feasibility > that which is feasibility1646 feasible1661 agible1677 doable1843 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > probability, likelihood > [noun] > instance(s) of probabilityc1454 probable1638 feasible1661 likelihood1759 1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing xii. 114 We conclude many things within the list of Impossibilities, which yet are easie Feasables. Derivatives ˈfeasibly adv. in a feasible manner. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > [adverb] > in feasible way feasibly1653 workably1971 1653 W. Blith Eng. Improver Improved (new ed.) xiii. 85 Improve it by Floating, which may very feazibly be done according to the direction of the fourth..Chapter. 1709 J. Collier Ess. Moral Subj.: Pt. IV vii. 331 They have made the Project look feasibly, and contriv'd ways and means to prevent Discovery. ˈfeasibleness n. the quality or fact of being feasible, feasibility. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > [noun] > feasibility possibilityc1385 feasibility1624 feasibleness1633 possibleness1642 practicableness1648 practicability1665 workableness1791 executibility1801 workability1843 operability1905 performability1941 viability1955 1633 T. James Strange Voy. 107 The faiseablenesse of the Action intended. 1736 T. Carte Hist. Life Duke Ormonde II. 177 The feasableness of the offers which had been made of seizing Glocester. 1860 J. G. Holland Miss Gilbert's Career i. 8 A demonstration of the feasibleness of infant instruction. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1460
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