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modifiable, a.|ˈmɒdɪfaɪəb(ə)l|
[f. modify v. + -able.]
That can be modified.
1611Cotgr., Modifiable, modifiable, qualifiable. a1704Locke Exam. Malebranche §10 Wks. 1714 III. 432 It appears to me more difficult to conceive a distinct visible Image in the uniform unvariable Essence of God, than in variously modifiable Matter. 1840J. H. Green Vital Dynamics 76 Man has the most modifiable organs of motion. 1889Scottish Leader 16 Feb. 5/3 The whole case may have been modifiable by the decisions of the Commission now sitting.
Hence ˈmodifiableness.
1873Morley Rousseau I. 145 This belief..of the easy modifiableness of a society in the hands of an energetic lawgiver. 1888Pop. Sci. Monthly May 117 Buffon, who contended for the modifiableness of species. |