Appliable
//əˈplʌɪəb(ə)l// adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Compliant; accommodating. not-comparable, obsolete
- 2 Able to be put into use or applied; applicable. not-comparable
"He that forgets not how Antiquity named this the Conjugall or wedding number, and made it the Embleme of the most remarkable conjunction, will conceive it duely appliable unto this handsome Oeconomy, and vegetable combination [...]."
Example
More examples"He that forgets not how Antiquity named this the Conjugall or wedding number, and made it the Embleme of the most remarkable conjunction, will conceive it duely appliable unto this handsome Oeconomy, and vegetable combination [...]."
Etymology
From Middle English appliable, applyable; equivalent to apply + -able.
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