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battable

English edit

Etymology edit

See batful, +‎ -able.

Adjective edit

battable (comparative more battable, superlative most battable)

  1. (obsolete) Capable of cultivation; fertile; productive.
    • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy:
      Massinissa made many inward parts of Barbarie and Numidia in Africk (before his time incult and horrid) fruitful and battable by this means.

French edit

Etymology edit

From battre +‎ -able.

Pronunciation edit

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Adjective edit

battable (plural battables)

  1. beatable (able to be beaten)

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