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Surmountable

Surmountable \Sur*mount"a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. surmontable.] Capable of being surmounted or overcome; superable. -- Sur*mount"a*ble*ness, n.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
surmountable

late 15c., from Anglo-French sormuntable; see surmount + -able.\n

Wiktionary
surmountable

a. Able to be surmounted or overcome; defeatable.

WordNet
surmountable

  1. adj. capable of being surmounted or overcome; "situations of measurable and surmountable danger" [ant: insurmountable]

  2. capable of being surmounted [syn: climbable]

Usage examples of "surmountable".

The evil barrier between them now was less surmountable than merely that of youth versus age.