alterable Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective capable of being changed or altered in some characteristic
    • alterable clothing
    • alterable conditions of employment
  2. adjective satellite (of the punishment ordered by a court) capable of being changed to one less severe

WordNet


Al"ter*a*ble adjective
Etymology
Cf. F. altérable.
Definitions
  1. Capable of being altered.
    Our condition in this world is mutable and uncertain, alterable by a thousand accidents. Rogers.

Webster 1913