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pable of being recalled or revoked; unchangeable; irreversible; unalterable; as, an irrevocable promise or decree; irrevocable fate. Firm and irrevocable is my doom. Shak. -- Ir*rev"o*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Ir*rev"o*ca*bly, adv.

Capable of being judged; capable of being tried or decided upon. Jer. Taylor.

Such as can be chewed; fit to be eaten. [R.] Any manducable creature. Sir T. Herbert.

Capable of being masticated.

Capable of being medicated; admitting of being cured or healed.

Capable of being bought or sold. [Obs.]

Modifiable. [Obs.]

Capable of being multiplied; multipliable.

Placable. [R.] Coleridge.

Placable. [R.] Bp. Hall.

Liable to sin; subject to transgress the divine law. "A frail and peccable mortal." Sir W. Scott.

Discernible. [Obs.] Herbert.

d; ready or willing to be pacified; willing to forgive or condone. Methought I saw him placable and mild. Milton.

The quality of being placable.

le of being done or accomplished with available means or resources; feasible; as, a practicable method; a practicable aim; a practicable good.

ffirmable of another; especially, a general attribute or notion as affirmable of, or applicable to, many individuals.

Capable of being prognosticated or foretold. Sir T. Browne.

Capable of being revoked; as, a revocable edict or grant; a revocable covenant. -- Rev"o*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Rev"o*ca*bly, adv.

Capable of being offered in sacrifice. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

The cable belonging to the sheet anchor.