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Capable of being discharged by spitting. [Obs.] Swift.

. Capable of being exculpated; deserving exculpation. Sir G. Buck.

Capable of being executed; feasible; as, an executable project. [R.]

Capable of being exercised, employed, or enforced; as, the authority of a magistrate is exercisible within his jurisdiction.

Capable of being exhaled or evaporated. Boyle.

Capable of being exhausted, drained off, or expended. Johnson.

Capable of existence. Grew.

Capable of being moved by entreaty; pitiful; tender. Milton.

External; public; suitable to be imparted to the public; hence, capable of being readily or fully comprehended; -- opposed to esoteric, or secret. The foppery of an exoteric and esoteric doctrine. De Quincey.

Capable of being expanded or spread out widely. Bodies are not expansible in proposition to their weight. Ex*pab"si*ble*ness ,n. -Ex*pan"si*bly ,adv.

Capable of being expelled or driven out. "Expellable by heat." Kirwan.

Capable of being expiated or atoned for; as, an expiable offense; expiable guilt. Bp. Hall.

That may expire; capable of being brought to an end.

Capable of being explained or made plain to the understanding; capable of being interpreted. Sir. T. Browne.

Capable of being explicated; that may be explained or accounted for; admitting explanation. It is not explicable upon any grounds. Burke.

Capable of being expressed, squeezed out, shown, represented, or uttered. -- Express"i*bly,adv.

Capable of being expugnded.

Capable of being thrust out or protruded. J. Fleming.

Capable of being extended, susceptible of being stretched, extended, enlarged, widened, or expanded.

Capable of being extended, whether in length or breadth; susceptible of enlargement; extensible; extendible; -- the opposite of contractible or compressible. "An extensible membrane" Holder.