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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Navigable \Nav"i*ga*ble\, a. [L. navigabilis: cf. F. navigable.
     See {Navigate}.]
     Capable of being navigated; deep enough and wide enough to
     afford passage to vessels; as, a navigable river.
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     Note: By the common law, a river is considered as navigable
           only so far as the tide ebbs and flows in it. This is
           also the doctrine in several of the United States. In
           other States, the doctrine of the civil law prevails,
           which is, that a navigable river is a river capable of
           being navigated, in the common sense of the term.
           --Kent. --Burrill.
           [1913 Webster] -- {Nav"i*ga*ble*ness}, n. --
           {Nav"i*ga*bly}, adv.
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