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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Potable  \Po"ta*ble\,  a.  [F.,  fr  L.  potabilis  fr  potare  to 
  drink;  akin  to  Gr  po`tos  a  drinking,  po`sis  a  drink,  Skr. 
  p[=a]  to  drink,  OIr.  ibim  I  drink.  Cf  {Poison},  {Bib}, 
  {Imbibe}.] 
  Fit  to  be  drunk;  drinkable.  ``Water  fresh  and  potable.'' 
  --Bacon.  --  n.  A  potable  liquid;  a  beverage.  ``Useful  in 
  potables.''  --J.  Philips. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  potable 
  adj  :  of  alcoholic  beverages  that  are  suitable  for  drinking;  "it's 
  an  impudent  young  wine  but  I  think  you  will  find  it 
  quite  potable" 
  n  :  any  liquid  suitable  for  drinking:  "may  I  take  your  beverage 
  order?"  [syn:  {beverage},  {drink},  {drinkable}] 
 
  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  POTABLE,  n.  Suitable  for  drinking.  Water  is  said  to  be  potable; 
  indeed,  some  declare  it  our  natural  beverage,  although  even  they  find 
  it  palatable  only  when  suffering  from  the  recurrent  disorder  known  as 
  thirst,  for  which  it  is  a  medicine.  Upon  nothing  has  so  great  and 
  diligent  ingenuity  been  brought  to  bear  in  all  ages  and  in  all 
  countries,  except  the  most  uncivilized,  as  upon  the  invention  of 
  substitutes  for  water.  To  hold  that  this  general  aversion  to  that 
  liquid  has  no  basis  in  the  preservative  instinct  of  the  race  is  to  be 
  unscientific  --  and  without  science  we  are  as  the  snakes  and  toads. 
 
 




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