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Definition of Conceivable

1. Adjective. Capable of being imagined. "That is one possible answer"

Definition of Conceivable

1. a. Capable of being conceived, imagined, or understood.

Definition of Conceivable

1. Adjective. Capable of being conceived or imagined; possible; credible; thinkable. ¹

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Definition of Conceivable

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Conceivable

Literary usage of Conceivable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Contemporary Review (1878)
"We may, of course, perceive that such and such a supposition is more conceivable than such and such ; but, as already indicated, the fact does not show that ..."

2. Cases on Constitutional Law: With Notes by James Bradley Thayer (1895)
"... a grosser inequality is hardly conceivable ! I The town voting the exemption will be one in which the proposed manufactures thereby to be exempted could ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1907)
"It is certainly conceivable, and if true of extraordinary interest, that this phenomenon is not wholly due to external causes, but is in part the outcome of ..."

4. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1914)
"Since the dioxy-acetate has a low temperature coefficient of solubility and the neutral acetate a high one it is •conceivable that at some temperature in ..."

5. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1906)
"It is also perfectly conceivable that the manifestation of the toxic agent may occur without evidence of local inflammation. The delimitation of the process ..."

6. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1887)
"Is it conceivable that enthusiasm resulted from constant failure? Can it be explained on any other reasonable theory than that his machines were producing ..."

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