alterable

[ awl-ter-uh-buhl ]

adjective

1. capable of being altered.

Other Words From

• alter·a·bili·ty alter·a·ble·ness noun
• alter·a·bly adverb
• re·alter·a·ble adjective
• re·alter·a·ble·ness noun
• re·alter·a·bly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of alterable¹

First recorded in 1520–30; alter + -able

Example Sentences

Their acts are "alterable" by the Board of Overseers, to whom they are responsible.

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"Yes" or "No," when once definitely uttered by a Bushi, was no more alterable than the ebb and flow of the tide.

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The very fourth commandment, however it was a perpetual law as to the proportion of time, yet was alterable as to the seventh day.

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Affecting this Act, except in so far as it is declared to be alterable by the Irish Legislature.

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The provisions with respect to this second order fall within the class of enactments which are alterable by the Irish Legislature.

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