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Webster 1913 Edition


Disputable

Disˊpu-ta-ble

(?; 277)
,
Adj.
[L.
disputabilis
: cf. F.
disputable
. See
Dispute
,
Verb.
I.
]
1.
Capable of being disputed; liable to be called in question, controverted, or contested; or doubtful certainty or propriety; controvertible;
as,
disputable
opinions, propositions, points, or questions
.
Actions, every one of which is very
disputable
.
Jer. Taylor.
2.
Disputatious; contentious.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition


Disputable

DISPUTABLE

,
Adj.
[See Dispute.] That may be disputed; liable to be called in question, controverted or contested; controvertible; of doubtful certainty. We speak of disputable opinions, statements, propositions, arguments, points, cases, questions, &c.

Definition 2024


disputable

disputable

English

Adjective

disputable (comparative more disputable, superlative most disputable)

  1. Of opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute; not settled.

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  • disputable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • disputable in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911