agible
/ˈæd͡ʒɪbəl/
agible adjective: possible to be done; practicable.
Adjective
agible (comparative more agible, superlative most agible)
- Possible to be done; practicable.
- In my first years my friends bestowed on me those learnings which were fit for a gentleman's ornament without directing them to an occupation; and when they were fit for agible things, they bestowed them and me on my Prince's service, in which I ran many courses of divers fortunes according to the...1825, Sir Anthony Sherley, The Three Brothers
- Their relation, then, is the same as that between "making" and "doing” or between the factibile and the agible.1939 ·, Catholic University of America, Philosophical Studies - Issues 48-51, page 150
- Involving or pertaining to actions.
- The persons who are their agible subjects are the persons whose acts are in question—the persons whose acts are the objects of the mandate.2016, Bhikhu Parekh, Bentham's Political Thought, page 138
Forms of agible
| comparative | more agible |
|---|---|
| superlative | most agible |
Origin of agible
Compare Latin agibilis, from Latin agere to move, do. See agent.
Questions about agible
- What does agible mean?
- Agible means possible to be done; practicable.
- What part of speech is agible?
- Agible is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce agible?
- Agible is pronounced /ˈæd͡ʒɪbəl/.
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