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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Conceivable \Con*ceiv"a*ble\, adjective [Cf. F. concevable.] Capable of being conceived, imagined, or understood. ''Any conceivable weight.'' --Bp. Wilkins.
It is not conceivable that it should be indeed that very person whose shape and voice it assumed. --Atterbury. -- {Con*ceiv"a*ble*ness}, noun -- {Con*ceiv"a*bly}, adverb
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
conceivable
adjective
1: within the bounds of what may be conceived within the framework of nature; "a cure is still conceivable"
2: possible to conceive or imagine; "that is one possible answer" [syn: {imaginable}, {possible}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
44 Moby Thesaurus words for "conceivable": apparent, appreciable, apprehensible, ascertainable, believable, cogitable, cognizable, colorable, comprehensible, conceivably possible, contingent, credible, discernible, discoverable, distinguishable, earthly, fanciable, fiduciary, graspable, humanly possible, imaginable, knowable, likely, mortal, perceptible, plausible, possible, potential, prehensible, probable, reasonable, recognizable, reliable, seizable, supposable, tenable, thinkable, trustworthy, trusty, understandable, unexceptionable, unimpeachable, unquestionable, worthy of faith
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