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Definitions for explicable
ˈɛk splɪ kə bəl, ɪkˈsplɪk ə bəlex·pli·ca·ble

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. explicableadjective

    capable of being explicated or accounted for

    "explicable behavior"

Wiktionary

  1. explicableadjective

    Able to be explained.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Explicableadjective

    Explainable; possible to be explained.

    Etymology: from explicate.

    Many difficulties, scarce explicable with any certainty, occur in the fabrick of human nature. Matthew Hale, Origin of Mankind.

    Great variety there is in compound bodies, and little many of them seem to be explicable. Boyle.

ChatGPT

  1. explicable

    Explicable is an adjective that means capable of being explained or understood. It refers to something that can be described, interpreted, or clarified in such a way that it becomes clear or comprehensible.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Explicableadjective

    capable of being explicated; that may be explained or accounted for; admitting explanation

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of explicable in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of explicable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of explicable in a Sentence

  1. H. L. Mencken:

    Imagine the Creator as a low comedian, and at once the world becomes explicable.

  2. H.L. Mencken:

    Imagine the Creator as a stand up commedian - and at once the world becomes explicable.

  3. unknown:

    There is no mystery-that's the beauty of it. We are entirely explicable to each other, and yet we stay. What a miracle that is.

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