a. [f. EXECUTE v. + -ABLE. Cf. Fr. exécutable.] That can be executed, performed, or carried out.

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1796.  in Bentham’s Wks. (1842), XI. 114. Without communication with the river … the Contract not executable.

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1841–4.  Emerson, Ess., Ser. I. x. (1876), 246. Truths profound and executable only in ages.

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1856.  Edin. Rev., Jan., 244. The whole project … is set down as executable at eight millions.

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1871.  Carlyle, in Mrs. Carlyle’s Lett., II. 249. [An intention] not executable either when the time came.

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