appliable

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UK/əˈplʌɪəb(ə)l/

adjective

Compliant; accommodating.

OriginMiddle English appliable →
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Meanings

adjectiveappliable (not comparable)
  1. not comparableobsoleteCompliant; accommodating.
  2. not comparableAble to be put into use or applied; applicable.

    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 [...].

    1658, Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus

Origin

  1. Middle Englishappliable
  2. Englishappliable

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

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APA

appliable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/appliable

MLA

“appliable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/appliable. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “appliable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/appliable.

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