audible

& s. [In Ital. audibile; from Low Lat. audibilis = audible; audio = to hear. Cognate with Gr. αὐδάω ( auduo ) = to utter sounds, to speak, and αὐδή ( ande ) = the human voice; from the root and or aus, in Sanse, vad = to speak; also with Gr. οὖς (ous), gen it. ὠτός ( ōtos ) = an ear.] [EAR.] A. As adjective: Which may be heard; loud enough to be heard; actually heard. "His respiration quick and audible ." Words worth: Excursion, bk. viii. + B. As substantive: Anything which may be heard or which is heard. and of articulate voices, tones, songs, and quaverings, in audibles."-Bacon: Nat. Hist., Cent. ili., § 258.