"appropriable" meaning in English

See appropriable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more appropriable [comparative], most appropriable [superlative]
Etymology: From appropriate + -able. Etymology templates: {{af|en|appropriate|-able}} appropriate + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} appropriable (comparative more appropriable, superlative most appropriable)
  1. (chiefly law) Able to be appropriated. Derived forms: inappropriable, unappropriable Translations (able to be appropriated): apropriável (Portuguese)
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