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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ACCESS'IBLE, a.
1. That may be approached or reached; approachable; applied to things; as an accessible town or mountain.
2. Easy of approach, affable, used of persons.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: capable of being reached; "a town accessible by rail" [ant: inaccessible, unaccessible]
2: capable of being read with comprehension; "readily accessible to the nonprofessional reader"; "the tales seem more approachable than his more difficult novels" [syn: accessible, approachable]
3: easily obtained; "most students now have computers accessible"; "accessible money"
4: easy to get along with or talk to; friendly; "an accessible and genial man"

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 15th century 1. providing access 2. a. capable of being reached <accessible by rail>; also being within reach <fashions at accessible prices> b. easy to communicate or deal with <accessible people> 3. capable of being influenced ; open <accessible to new ideas> 4. capable of being used or seen ; available <the collection is not currently accessible> 5. capable of being understood or appreciated <the author's most accessible stories> <an accessible film> • accessibility noun • accessibleness noun • accessibly adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (often foll. by to) 1 that can readily be reached, entered, or used. 2 (of a person) readily available (esp. to subordinates). 3 (in a form) easy to understand. Derivatives: accessibility n. accessibly adv. Etymology: F accessible or LL accessibilis (as ACCEDE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Accessible Ac*cess"i*ble, a. [L. accessibilis, fr. accedere: cf. F. accessible. See Accede.] 1. Easy of access or approach; approachable; as, an accessible town or mountain, an accessible person. 2. Open to the influence of; -- with to. ``Minds accessible to reason.'' --Macaulay. 3. Obtainable; to be got at. The best information . . . at present accessible. --Macaulay.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If a place or building is accessible to people, it is easy for them to reach it or get into it. If an object is accessible, it is easy to reach. The Centre is easily accessible to the general public... The premises are wheelchair accessible... ADJ: oft ADJ to n • accessibility ...the easy accessibility of the area. N-UNCOUNT 2. If something is accessible to people, they can easily use it or obtain it. The legal aid system should be accessible to more people... ADJ: oft ADJ to n • accessibility ...the quality and accessibility of health care. 3. If you describe a book, painting, or other work of art as accessible, you think it is good because it is simple enough for people to understand and appreciate easily. ...literary books that are accessible to a general audience. ADJ: oft ADJ to n [approval] • accessibility Seminar topics are chosen for their accessibility to a general audience.

Moby Thesaurus

adaptable, affirmed, all-around, amenable, announced, approachable, at hand, attainable, attendant, available, broadcast, brought to notice, candid, circulated, come-at-able, common knowledge, common property, communicative, convenient, conversable, current, declared, demonstrative, diffused, disseminated, distributed, effusive, employable, expansive, extroverted, findable, frank, free, free-speaking, free-spoken, free-tongued, getatable, gettable, gossipy, handy, immanent, immediate, impressionable, in circulation, in print, in view, indwelling, influenceable, inherent, made public, malleable, movable, newsy, obtainable, of all work, on board, on call, on deck, on hand, on tap, open, open to, open-minded, openable, operative, outgoing, outspoken, penetrable, permeable, persuadable, persuasible, pervious, plastic, pliable, pliant, practicable, present, proclaimed, procurable, propagated, public, published, reachable, ready, receptive, reported, responsive, securable, self-revealing, self-revelatory, sociable, spread, stated, suasible, suggestible, susceptible, swayable, talkative, telecast, televised, to be had, to hand, unconstrained, unhampered, unrepressed, unreserved, unrestrained, unrestricted, unreticent, unsecretive, unshrinking, unsilent, unsuppressed, usable, versatile, weak, within call, within reach, within sight