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legible

leg·i·ble [ léjjəb'l ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
able to be read: clear enough to be read

[15th century. < late Latin legibilis< Latin legere "to read"]

leg·i·bil·i·ty [ lèjjə bíllətee ] noun
leg·i·bly adverb

Word History

The Latin word legere "to collect, choose, read," from which legible is derived, is also the source of English coil, collect1, cull, elect, elegant, intelligent, lecture, legend, legion, lesson, neglect, and select.

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