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English
Etymology
From Middle English appliable, applyable; equivalent to apply + -able.
Pronunciation
Adjective
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 [...].
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