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Perhaps it is from some general notion of their impropriety, that several words of this doubtful character have already become obsolete, or are gradually falling into disuse: as, _accustomable, chanceable, concordable, conusable, customable, behoovable, leisurable, medicinable, personable, powerable, razorable, shapable, semblable, vengeable, veritable_.

—The Grammar of English Grammars

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Capable of being shaped. My task is to sit and study how shapeable the Independent way will be to the body of England. N. Ward, Simple Cobler, p. 38. Soft and shapeable into love's syllables. Ruskin.
Having a proper shape or form; shapely. I made [earthenware] things round and shapeable which before were filthy things indeed to look on. De Foe, Robinson Crusoe, x.
Also shapeable.

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Besides this, I arrived at an unexpected perfection in my earthen-ware, and contrived well enough to make them with a wheel, which I found infinitely easier and better; because I made things round and shapable, which before were filthy things indeed to look on. — The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner, Volume 1 With an Account of His Travels Round Three Parts of the Globe, Written By Himself, in Two Volumes
Perhaps it is from some general notion of their impropriety, that several words of this doubtful character have already become obsolete, or are gradually falling into disuse: as, _accustomable, chanceable, concordable, conusable, customable, behoovable, leisurable, medicinable, personable, powerable, razorable, shapable, semblable, vengeable, veritable_. — The Grammar of English Grammars