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passable (s.xii2)
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passable (s.xii2)

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passablie  
  FEW:  *passare 7,717a Gdf:  passable 6,21c GdfC:  passable 10,288b TL: passable 7,425 DEAF:  passer 1 (passable)  DMF:  passable  TLF:  passable  OED:  passable adj., adv., and n.  MED:  passable adj.  DMLBS:  passibilis 2135c

a.

1transitory, fleeting: 
( s.xii2; MS: c.1200 )  Et la u n'a nule nuit ne puet avoir nul tans passable  Psalter Comment 82.270
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  la joie issi k'est passable Figure est de la joie estable  Lum Lais ANTS 9689
2suitable, appropriate: 
( 1300; MS: s.xiv1 )  Baniere ot jaune bien passablie (var. passable) O treis lyouns passans de sable  Eight Rolls 105.179

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See also:

passage  passager  passant  passaument  passe1  passer1  passer3  trespassable 
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