appropriableadj.
/əˈprəʊprɪəb(ə)l/ Capable of being appropriated; to be fitly attributed or applied.
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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adjective] > suitable to be applied
appliablec1429
applicable?1548
pliable1596
applicatory1597
appropriable1646
applicate1798
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 274 This conceit applyed unto..the beginning of the world, is more justly appropriable unto its end. View more context for this quotation
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) i. 74 Consciencious people, allow that word [sc. create] appropriable to God alone.
1824 R. Southey Sir Thomas More (1831) I. 136 Appropriable to other purposes.
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