APPROPRIABLE

appropriable

(adjective) that can be appropriated; “appropriable funds”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

appropriable (comparative more appropriable, superlative most appropriable)

(legal) Able to be appropriated.

Source: Wiktionary


Ap*pro"pri*a*ble, a. Etym: [See Appropriate.]

Definition: Capable of being appropriated, set apart, sequestered, or assigned exclusively to a particular use. Sir T. Browne.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

12 January 2025

HABIT

(noun) (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; “owls have nocturnal habits”; “she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair”; “long use had hardened him to it”


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