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perceivable

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English perceive
Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom
Proto-Italic *-ðlom
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -able bor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English perceivable

    From perceive + -able .

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    perceivable (comparative more perceivable, superlative most perceivable)

    1. Capable of being perceived; discernible.
      • 1803 (date written), [Jane Austen], chapter V, in Northanger Abbey ; published in Northanger Abbey: And Persuasion. [...], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Murray, [...], 20 December 1817 (indicated as 1818), →OCLC:
        Every search for him was equally unsuccessful, in morning lounges or evening assemblies; neither at the Upper nor Lower Rooms, at dressed or undressed balls, was he perceivable.
      • 2003 January 1, "Man in Pakistan: I'm on list", in USA Today, retrieved 2 Nov. 2008:
        The only perceivable difference between the AP and FBI photos is that the man in the FBI photo is clean-shaven and shorter-haired.

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    capable of being perceived

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