Pass"a*ble (?), a. [Cf. F.
passable.] 1. Capable of being passed,
traveled, navigated, traversed, penetrated, or the like; as, the roads
are not passable; the stream is passablein
boats.
His body's a passable carcass if it be not hurt;
it is a throughfare for steel.
Shak.
2. Capable of being freely circulated or
disseminated; acceptable; generally receivable; current.
With men as with false money -- one piece is more or
less passable than another.
L'Estrange.
Could they have made this slander
passable.
Collier.
3. Such as may be allowed to pass without
serious objection; tolerable; admissable; moderate;
mediocre.
My version will appear a passable beauty when
the original muse is absent.
Dryden.
