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NAVIGABLE

\nˈavɪɡəbə͡l], \nˈavɪɡəbə‍l], \n_ˈa_v_ɪ_ɡ_ə_b_əl]\

Definitions of NAVIGABLE

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language

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Capable of being navigated; deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to vessels; as, a navigable river.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Capable of being navigated; deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to vessels; as, a navigable river.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Capable of being traveled over by a boat or ship.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

That may be passed by ships or vessels.
NAVIGABLY.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

That may be passed by ships.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

Fit to be navigated; capable of navigation.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

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