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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

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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.