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"Section F, G and H"


"A silly fearsome thing." B. Taylor



Fea"si*bil*ity (?) n.; pl.
Feasibilities (-tiz). [from Feasible]
The quality of being feasible; practicability; also, that which
is feasible; as, before we adopt a plan, let us consider its
feasibility.


Men often swallow falsities for truths, dubiosities
for certainties, possibilities for feasibilities.

Sir T. Browne.


Fea"si*ble (?) a. [F. faisable,
fr. faire to make or do, fr. L. facere. See
Fact, Feat.] 1. Capable of being
done, executed, or effected; practicable.


Always existing before their eyes as a thing
feasible in practice.
Burke.


It was not feasible to gratify so many
ambitions.
Beaconsfield.


2. Fit to be used or tailed, as land.
[R.] R. Trumbull.


Fea"si*ble*ness, n. --
Fea"si*bly, adv.


Feast (fēst), n.


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