Explicable
[ɪk'splɪkəb(ə)l;ek-;'eksplɪ,kəb(ə)l] or [ɪk'splɪkəb
Definition
(adj.) capable of being explicated or accounted for; 'explicable behavior' .
Edited by Lelia--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Capable of being explicated; that may be explained or accounted for; admitting explanation.
Typist: Suzy
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Explainable.
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Examples
- The quarrel between the representatives of the two interests is easily explicable historically. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Many other facts are, as it seems to me, explicable on this theory. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- This great fact of the parallel succession of the forms of life throughout the world, is explicable on the theory of natural selection. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
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