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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RES'PIRABLE, a. [from respire.] That may be breathed; fit for respiration or for the support of animal life; as respirable air. Azotic gas is not respirable.

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1779 fit for breathing; also capable of being taken in by breathing <respirable particles of ash>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (of air, gas, etc.) able or fit to be breathed. Etymology: F respirable or LL respirabilis (as RESPIRE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Respirable Re*spir"a*ble (r?*sp?r"?*b'l or r?s"p?*r?*b'l), a. [Cf. F. respirable.] Suitable for being breathed; adapted for respiration. -- Re*spir"a*ble*ness, n.





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