palpable

  • 31palpable — adj. Palpable is used with these nouns: ↑relief, ↑sense, ↑tension …

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  • 32palpable — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. evident, plain, clear, manifest, obvious, apparent, unmistakable, definite, unquestionable, distinct. See feeling, disclosure. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. tangible, plain, manifest, evident,… …

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  • 33palpable — [14] Latin palpāre meant ‘touch, stroke’ (it may be related to English feel). From it in post classical times was derived the adjective palpābilis ‘touchable’ – whence English palpable. Other derivatives were the verb palpitāre ‘tremble, throb’… …

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  • 34palpable — [ palpəb(ə)l] adjective 1》 able to be touched or felt. 2》 plain to see or comprehend: a palpable sense of loss. Derivatives palpability noun palpably adverb Origin ME: from late L. palpabilis, from L. palpare feel, touch gently …

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  • 35palpable — Easily perceptible; plain obvious; manifest; as palpable error in the valuation of property. State ex rel. Pacific Power & L. Co. v Department of Public Works, 143 Wash 67, 254 P 839, 845 …

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  • 36palpable — [14] Latin palpāre meant ‘touch, stroke’ (it may be related to English feel). From it in post classical times was derived the adjective palpābilis ‘touchable’ – whence English palpable. Other derivatives were the verb palpitāre ‘tremble, throb’… …

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  • 37palpable episode — index fact Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 38palpable aorta — an aorta that is easily palpable, on account of a thin retracted abdominal wall …

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  • 39palpable — Synonyms and related words: apparent, appreciable, arresting, believable, certain, clear, clear as crystal, colorable, concrete, credible, crystal clear, detectable, discernible, distinct, evident, explicit, express, indisputable, indubitable,… …

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  • 40palpable — pal|pa|ble Mot Pla Adjectiu invariable …

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