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adaptable, a.|əˈdæptəb(ə)l|
[f. adapt v. + -able, as if ad. L. *adaptābilis.]
Capable of being adapted; applicable; pliable.
1800W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. X. 317 The very metre employed..is no less adaptable to the other Gothic dialects than to the German. 1857Toulm. Smith Parish 1 Principles, which are adaptable to all the changing conditions of human progress. 1865Trafford Geo. Geith II. vi. 58 Before marriage men are not so adaptable as women. |