Permissible
[pə'mɪsɪb(ə)l] or [pɚ'mɪsəbl]
Definition
(adj.) that may be permitted especially as according to rule; 'permissible behavior in school'; 'a permissible tax deduction' .
(adj.) that may be accepted or conceded; 'a kind of speculation that was permissible in cosmology but inadmissible in medicine' .
Typist: Wilhelmina--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) That may be permitted; allowable; admissible.
Editor: Nancy
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Allowable, admissible, lawful, legal, legitimate, proper.
Typist: Pearl
Examples
- At this point in the i nvestigation it is permissible to venture an hypothesis in reference to the essen tial character of heat. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Yes, said Holmes; I think that both inferences are permissible. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- If he never said a cutting word about Mr. Casaubon again and left off receiving favors from him, it would clearly be permissible to hate him the more. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Typist: Pearl