appliable
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English appliable, applyable; equivalent to apply + -able.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
appliable (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Compliant; accommodating.
- Able to be put into use or applied; applicable.
- 1658, Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus:
- 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 [...].
Translations edit
compliant — see compliant
applicable — see applicable