appliable

English

Etymology

From Middle English appliable, applyable; equivalent to apply +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈplʌɪəb(ə)l/

Adjective

appliable (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Compliant; accommodating.
2. 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 [...].

Derived terms

• appliableness
• appliably
• unappliable

 

Translations

compliant — see compliant

applicable — see applicable