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passible
[ pas-uh-buhl ]
adjective
- capable of feeling, especially suffering; susceptible of sensation or emotion; impressionable.
passible
/ ˈpæsɪbəl /
adjective
- susceptible to emotion or suffering; able to feel
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Derived Forms
- ˌpassiˈbility, noun
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Other Words From
- passi·bili·ty noun
- non·passi·ble adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of passible1
C14: from Medieval Latin passibilis, from Latin patī to suffer; see passion
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Example Sentences
Passible, pas′i-bl, adj. susceptible of suffering, or of impressions from external agents.
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Sense organs, sense better without medium however passible, iv.
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Qualities, because they change, matter must be passible, iii.
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Passible, "obedient and passible" (M33,a), able to feel or suffer.
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The disciples of Thales and Pythagoras grant that all bodies are passible and divisible into infinity.
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