alterable

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alterable - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Alterable \Al"ter*a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. alt['e]rable.]
     Capable of being altered.
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           Our condition in this world is mutable and uncertain,
           alterable by a thousand accidents.       --Rogers.
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alterable - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  alterable
      adj 1: capable of being changed or altered in some
             characteristic; "alterable clothing"; "alterable
             conditions of employment" [ant: inalterable,
             unalterable]
      2: (of the punishment ordered by a court) capable of being
         changed to one less severe