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adj- Capable of carrying (heat, electricity, etc.); Also: Capable of being lead.

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Usage examples (6)
  • Cixous and Kristeva that such writing is not hierarchal or oppositional but "other"; for Irigaray, woman's language "is continuous, compressible, dilatable, viscous,...
  • We need to make sure the bill actually does what it's been advertised to do - restore a system of checks and balances to our elections, by making them secure, accurate, and...
  • Contributing to an end. consummate v. To bring to completion. conductible adj.
  • Governess ought to have a special care how she seasons youth with what is most conductible to the orderly and prudent management of the concerns of this life; let such a...
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