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English
Etymology
perceive + -able
Adjective
perceivable (comparative more perceivable, superlative most perceivable)
- Capable of being perceived; discernible.
1803 (date written), [Jane Austen], chapter V, in Northanger Abbey; published in Northanger Abbey: And Persuasion. , volumes (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