Meaning & use
Appliable
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Capable of being applied, adapted, or put to practical use (archaic).
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The old manual described methods appliable to almost any kind of soil.
He praised her appliable temperament, always ready to adjust to new circumstances.
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Common in Early Modern English, including Shakespeare's works, but largely displaced by 'applicable' in contemporary usage.
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