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Contestable   /kəntˈɛstəbəl/   Listen
Contestable

adjective
1.
Capable of being contested.





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"Contestable" Quotes from Famous Books



... lose sight, though, of the fact that, contestable as Valentine certainly is as a novel of passion, there is a pastoral novel of the highest order contained in this book. The setting of the story is delightful. George Sand has placed the scene in that Black Valley which she knew so well and loved so dearly. It is the first of her novels ...
— George Sand, Some Aspects of Her Life and Writings • Rene Doumic
... I will divide my discourse into two parts. The first will be a contestable apology; the second an array of incontestable facts. I will set aside the apology and proceed to facts. June 17 and 18, the battle of the Trebbia. Macdonald wished to fight without Moreau; he crossed ...
— The Companions of Jehu • Alexandre Dumas, pere


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