alterable

[ awl-ter-uh-buhl ]

/ ˈɔl tər ə bəl /

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adjective

capable of being altered.

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Origin of alterable

First recorded in 1520–30; alter + -able

OTHER WORDS FROM alterable

al·ter·a·bil·i·ty, al·ter·a·ble·ness, nounal·ter·a·bly, adverbre·al·ter·a·ble, adjectivere·al·ter·a·ble·ness, noun

re·al·ter·a·bly, adverb

Words nearby alterable

alt.country, Altdorf, Altdorfer, Alte Pinakothek, alter, alterable, alterant, alteration, alterative, altercate, altercation

How to use alterable in a sentence

Their acts are "alterable" by the Board of Overseers, to whom they are responsible.
Colleges in America|John Marshall Barker
"Yes" or "No," when once definitely uttered by a Bushi, was no more alterable than the ebb and flow of the tide.
A Fantasy of Far Japan|Baron Kencho Suyematsu
The very fourth commandment, however it was a perpetual law as to the proportion of time, yet was alterable as to the seventh day.
A Christian Directory|Baxter Richard
Affecting this Act, except in so far as it is declared to be alterable by the Irish Legislature.
England's Case Against Home Rule|Albert Venn Dicey

The provisions with respect to this second order fall within the class of enactments which are alterable by the Irish Legislature.
Handbook of Home Rule (1887)|W. E. Gladstone et al.