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Doubtable - What does it mean?

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has no English definition.

As an adjective doubtable

is capable of being doubted; doubtful; dubious; dubitable. See usage notes below.

doubtable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (uncommon) Capable of being doubted; doubtful; dubious; dubitable. See usage notes below.
  • * 1971 , L. J. Swingle, "On Reading Romantic Poetry," PMLA , vol. 86, no. 5, p. 976,
    • Descartes adopts the tool of a radical skepticism, submitting to question established beliefs, exposing them to the test of doubt, breaking them down when they prove doubtable .
  • (obsolete) Fearsome; redoubtable.

    • Usage notes

    Philosophers often use "doubtable" in its literal sense of "capable of being doubted." In other scholarly and literary contexts, the more accepted direct synonym of "doubtable" is "dubitable." In all other usage, "doubtful" and "dubious" are far more common synonyms.

    Synonyms

    * (doubtful, dubious, capable of being doubted): uncertain

    Derived terms

    * undoubtable

    References

    * * * * Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989.

    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.