Vocabulary Word
Word: compatible
Definition: harmonious; in harmony with; able to exist together
Definition: harmonious; in harmony with; able to exist together
Sentences Containing 'compatible'
She could not bear such suspense; and hastily seizing a sheet of paper, wrote a short letter to her aunt, to request an explanation of what Lydia had dropt, if it were compatible with the secrecy which had been intended.
In fact, the most perfect work, like the most perfect engine of which we spoke in a former chapter, has the least amount of variety, as the engine has the least amount of``dither,''that is compatible with life.
This is quite compatible with the action of natural selection.
This fact is perfectly compatible with numerous beings still retaining simple and but little improved structures, fitted for simple conditions of life; it is likewise compatible with some forms having retrograded in organisation, by having become at each stage of descent better fitted for new and degraded habits of life.
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