† batableadj.

Forms: Also 1600s bateable, 1600s–1700s battable.

Etymology: Shortened form of debatable adj.; compare bate v.¹

Obsolete.

Debatable, disputed; used esp. of the ‘debatable ground’ on the Scottish border.In modern dictionaries.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > [adjective]

openlOE

doubtousc1330

uncertain1338

doubtyc1380

brigousa1387

doubtablec1400

doubtfula1425

questionable1443

batable1453

strivablec1456

inquirable1485

litigious1520

doubtsomea1522

disputable1548

dubious1548

doubted?1551

moot1563

problematical1567

discussiblea1578

debatable1581

controversial1583

disputativea1586

debateful1587

decidable1596

controversible1601

controvertible1601

controversal1604

controversable1607

problematic1609

controversary1610

left-handed1610

disputed1611

dubitable1625

quarrellable1642

catchinga1670

non liquet1678

brigose1679

contestable1702

equivocala1797

controversional1807

contradictable1856

discutable1868

hinky1961

1453 in T. Rymer Fœdera (1710) XI. 337 The Batable Landes in the Westmarch.

1531–2 Act 23 Hen. VIII xvi The batable grounde betwene England and Scotland.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 782 Called Batable ground, as one would say, Litigious; because the English and the Scotish haue litigiously contended about it.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Battable Ground, was Land lying between England and Scotland, heretofore in question to which it belong'd.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	batable
释义	† batableadj. Forms: Also 1600s bateable, 1600s–1700s battable. Etymology: Shortened form of debatable adj.; compare bate v.¹ Obsolete. Debatable, disputed; used esp. of the ‘debatable ground’ on the Scottish border.In modern dictionaries. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > [adjective] openlOE doubtousc1330 uncertain1338 doubtyc1380 brigousa1387 doubtablec1400 doubtfula1425 questionable1443 batable1453 strivablec1456 inquirable1485 litigious1520 doubtsomea1522 disputable1548 dubious1548 doubted?1551 moot1563 problematical1567 discussiblea1578 debatable1581 controversial1583 disputativea1586 debateful1587 decidable1596 controversible1601 controvertible1601 controversal1604 controversable1607 problematic1609 controversary1610 left-handed1610 disputed1611 dubitable1625 quarrellable1642 catchinga1670 non liquet1678 brigose1679 contestable1702 equivocala1797 controversional1807 contradictable1856 discutable1868 hinky1961 1453 in T. Rymer Fœdera (1710) XI. 337 The Batable Landes in the Westmarch. 1531–2 Act 23 Hen. VIII xvi The batable grounde betwene England and Scotland. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 782 Called Batable ground, as one would say, Litigious; because the English and the Scotish haue litigiously contended about it. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Battable Ground, was Land lying between England and Scotland, heretofore in question to which it belong'd. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1453
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