appropriable

[ uh-proh-pree-uh-buh l ]

/ əˈproʊ pri ə bəl /

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adjective

capable of being appropriated; liable to be appropriated.

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Nearby words

approach shot, approachable, approbate, approbation, approbative, appropriable, appropriacy, appropriate, appropriation, approvable, approval

Origin of appropriable

First recorded in 1640–50; appropri(ate) + -able

Related forms

non·ap·pro·pri·a·ble, adjectiveun·ap·pro·pri·a·ble, adjective

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Examples from the Web for appropriable

A great many things, as we have shown in another place, are not appropriable.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, February 1899|Various