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/əˈlaʊ.əbəl/
Adjective
Appropriate; acceptable.
Intellectually admissible; valid; probable.
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Able to be added or deducted in consideration of something.
Permissible; tolerable; legitimate.
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And first, although there were more things in nature then words which did expresse them, yet even in these mute and silent discourses, to expresse complexed significations, they took a liberty to compound and piece together creatures of allowable formes unto mixtures inexistent […]
New HISA regulations, implemented last month, include strict rules about withdrawal times and allowable medication levels on race day.
Praiseworthy.
Usage- Obsolete
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Noun
A permitted amount or activity.
Adjective
deductible according to the tax laws
that may be permitted especially as according to rule
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permissible behavior in school
a permissible tax deduction
deserving to be allowed or considered