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ng passed, traveled, navigated, traversed, penetrated, or the like; as, the roads are not passable; the stream is passablein boats. His body's a passable carcass if it be not hurt; it is a throughfare for steel. Shak.

The quality of being passable.

Capable of being compassed or accomplished. Burke.

Incapable of being passed; not admitting a passage; as, an impassable road, mountain, or gulf. Milton. -- Im*pass"a*ble*ness, n. -- Im*pass"a*bly, adv.

That may be surpassed.

Capable of being transpassed, or crossed over. [Obs.]

Impassable. E. A. Freeman. -- Un*pass"a*ble*ness, n. Evelyn.

Passable by carriages; that can be conveyed in carriages. [R.] Ruskin.

Fitted for general acceptance or circulation; authentic; passable. O Buckingham, now do I play the touch To try if thou be current gold indeed. Shak. Account current. See under Account. -- Current money, lawful money. Abbott.

table or impartial treatment; a fair or equal chance; justice. -- From fair to middling, passable; tolerable. [Colloq.] -- The fair sex, the female sex.

To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command; as, an impassable river forbids the approach of the army. A blaze of glory that forbids the sight. Dryden.

A beam with projecting spikes, used to make a breach impassable.

Want of power to pass, or to permit passage; impassableness. Immeability of the juices. Arbuthnot.

An impassable road or way; a blind alley; cul-de-sac; fig., a position or predicament affording no escape.

g of entrance or passage through; as, a substance impervious to water or air. This gulf impassable, impervious. Milton. The minds of these zealots were absolutely impervious. Macaulay.

Passableness; mediocrity.

Neither particularly good, not very bad; of a middle state or quality; passable; mediocre. The staterooms are in indifferent order. Sir W. Scott.

Incapable of being navigated; impassable by ships or vessels. Drygen. -- In*nav"i*ga*bly, adv.

Having no pass; impassable. Cowley.

Capable of being permeated, or passed through; yielding passage; passable; penetrable; -- used especially of substances which allow the passage of fluids; as, wood is permeable to oil; glass is permeable to light. I. Taylor.