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dubitable, a.|ˈdjuːbɪtəb(ə)l|
[ad. L. dubitābilis, f. dubitāre to doubt: see -able, and cf. OF. dubitable.]
Capable of being doubted; liable to doubt or question.
1624Middleton Game at Chess iii. i. 265 The dubitable hazards Of fortune. 1657M. Hawke Killing is M. 30 Aristotle makes it dubitable, and disputable, whether it is better to be Ruled by a good Law, or a good Man. 1704Norris Ideal World ii. ix. 391 The consequence, which is the only dubitable one, is again proved by this enthymeme. 1893Nat. Observer 30 Sept. 515/1 To put into dubitable French what he might have said..in indubitable English.
Hence ˈdubitably adv., in a dubitable manner.
1864in Webster. |