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John Milton

Say, Heavenly Muse, shall not thy sacred vein 15

Afford a present to the Infant God?

Hast thou no verse, no hymn, or solemn strain,

To welcome him to this his new abode,

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adjective

Able to be tolerated or allowed; satisfactory or suitable for a particular purpose or situation.

The teacher said that a score of 70% or higher was acceptable for passing the test.

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practicable

Part of SpeechadjectivePronunciation/ˈpɹæktɪkəbəl/Used In Literature ↓

Capable of being accomplished; feasible.

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. practicablemeans practicableway practicablepracticable onlypracticable reasonably
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Poetry examples for practicable

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

of tops and roots are recorded, as are also the probable errors of the means

of the dry-weight ratios. It was found practicable in this experiment to use

two solutions only, the low-nitrate and the medium-nitrate solutions.

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