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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

Exciting contention; contentious.

[Obs.]

“It did bateful question frame.”

Sidney.

Adj.

Contentious; given to strife; exciting contention.

bateful ‎(comparative more bateful, superlative most bateful)

(obsolete) Exciting contention; contentious.
It did bateful question frame. — Sidney.