Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A shortened form of
debatable , as inbatable ground, batable land. Seedebatable .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Disputable.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete
disputable
Etymologies
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Abbreviated form of debatable.
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Examples
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The pasture of this island is according to the nature and bounty of the soil, whereby in most places it is plentiful, very fine, batable, and such as either fatteth our cattle with speed or yieldeth great abundance of milk and cream whereof the yellowest butter and finest cheese are made.
Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series) Thomas Malory Jean Froissart
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The pasture of this island is according to the nature and bounty of the soil, whereby in most places it is plentiful, very fine, batable, and such as either fatteth our cattle with speed or yieldeth great abundance of milk and cream whereof the yellowest butter and finest cheese are made.
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