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English → English (gcide) Definition: Practicable breach Practicable \Prac"ti*ca*ble\, a. [LL. practicare to act, transact, fr. L. practicus active, Gr. ?: cf. F. practicable, pratiquer to practice. See Practical.] 1. That may be practiced or performed; capable of being done or accomplished with available means or resources; feasible; as, a practicable method; a practicable aim; a practicable good. [1913 Webster] 2. Capable of being used; passable; as, a practicable weapon; a practicable road. [1913 Webster] Practicable breach (Mil.), a breach which admits of approach and entrance by an assailing party. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] -- Prac"ti*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Prac"ti*ca*bly, adv. [1913 Webster]