tractable

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

TRACT'ABLE, adjective [Latin tractabilis, from tracto, to handle or lead.] 1. That may be easily led, taught or managed; docile; manageable; governable; as tractable children; a tractable learner. 2. Palpable; such as may be handled; as tractable measures.
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