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Webster 1913 Edition


Appliable

Ap-pli′a-ble

,
Adj.
[See
Apply
.]
Applicable; also, compliant.
[Obs.]
Howell.

Webster 1828 Edition


Appliable

APPLI'ABLE

,
Adj.
[See Apply.] That may be applied. This word is superseded by applicable.

Definition 2024


appliable

appliable

English

Noun

appliable (uncountable)

  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 [...].

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