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feasibleness

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fea⋅si⋅ble

  [fee-zuh-buhl]
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–adjective
1. capable of being done, effected, or accomplished: a feasible plan.
2. probable; likely: a feasible theory.
3. suitable: a road feasible for travel.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME feseable, faisible < AF, OF, equiv. to fes-, fais- (var. s. of faire < L facere to do) + -ible -ible

Related forms:
fea⋅si⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, fea⋅si⋅ble⋅ness, noun
fea⋅si⋅bly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. See possible.
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fea·si·ble   (fē'zə-bəl)   
adj.  

  1. Capable of being accomplished or brought about; possible: a feasible plan. See Synonyms at possible.

  2. Used or dealt with successfully; suitable: feasible new sources of energy.

  3. Logical; likely: a feasible explanation.


[Middle English fesable, from Old French faisable, from faire, fais-, to do, from Latin facere; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.]
fea'si·bil'i·ty, fea'si·ble·ness n., fea'si·bly adv.
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Word Origin & History

feasible 
"capable of being done, accomplished or carried out," 1443, from Anglo-Fr. faisible, from O.Fr. faisible, from fais-, stem of faire "do, make," from L. facere "do, perform" (see factitious).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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