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  † 1.  By way of exchange or interchange. Obs.

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1502.  Arnolde, Chron., 109. In wytnesse herof both partyes hath chaungeably sette their seales the day and tyme before reherssed.

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  † 2.  Alternately in order or position. Obs.

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1382.  Wyclif, 2 Macc. xv. 40. To vse chaungable [alternis autem uti] … is delitable.

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1486.  Bk. St. Albans, Heraldry, D ij a. So chaungeably she [Anna wyfe to kyng Rich. II.] bare theys armys [i.e., of Englond and of Fraunce and of thempor of Almayn] in xvj. quarteris.

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  † 3.  In a manner liable to change. Obs.

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1587.  Golding, De Mornay, xii. 181. God … created man good, howbeit chaungeablie good; free from euill, howbeit so as he might choose the euill.

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  4.  In a changeable or changing manner; with constant change or variety.

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1599.  B. Jonson, Cynthia’s Rev., IV. i. His several colours, he wears, wherein he flourisheth changeably, every day.

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