Definition of debate

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Debate (v. i.) To engage in strife or combat; to fight.

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Stir :: Stir (v. t.) To bring into debate; to agitate; to moot.
Argue :: Argue (v. t.) To debate or discuss; to treat by reasoning; as, the counsel argued the cause before a full court; the cause was well argued..
Dispute :: Dispute (v. i.) Verbal controversy; contest by opposing argument or expression of opposing views or claims; controversial discussion; altercation; debate.
Conclusive :: Conclusive (a.) Belonging to a close or termination; decisive; convincing; putting an end to debate or question; leading to, or involving, a conclusion or decision..
Lyceum :: Lyceum (n.) An association for debate and literary improvement.
Speaker :: Speaker (n.) One who is the mouthpiece of others; especially, one who presides over, or speaks for, a delibrative assembly, preserving order and regulating the debates; as, the Speaker of the House of Commons, originally, the mouthpiece of the House to address the king; the Speaker of a House of Representatives..
Question :: Question (n.) Discussion; debate; hence, objection; dispute; doubt; as, the story is true beyond question; he obeyed without question..
Controversy :: Controversy (n.) Contention; dispute; debate; discussion; agitation of contrary opinions.
Arena :: Arena (n.) Any place of public contest or exertion; any sphere of action; as, the arenaof debate; the arena of life..
Debate :: Debate (v. t.) To engage in combat for; to strive for.
Jar :: Jar (n.) Clash of interest or opinions; collision; discord; debate; slight disagreement.
Moot :: Moot (v. t.) To argue for and against; to debate; to discuss; to propose for discussion.
Issue :: Issue (n.) A point in debate or controversy on which the parties take affirmative and negative positions; a presentation of alternatives between which to choose or decide.
Litigate :: Litigate (v. t.) To make the subject of a lawsuit; to contest in law; to prosecute or defend by pleadings, exhibition of evidence, and judicial debate in a court; as, to litigate a cause..
Tempestuous :: Tempestuous (a.) Of or pertaining to a tempest; involving or resembling a tempest; turbulent; violent; stormy; as, tempestuous weather; a tempestuous night; a tempestuous debate..
Warm :: Warm (superl.) Violent; vehement; furious; excited; passionate; as, a warm contest; a warm debate..
Vexed :: Vexed (a.) Much debated or contested; causing discussion; as, a vexed question..
Moot :: Moot (v.) A discussion or debate; especially, a discussion of fictitious causes by way of practice..
Protraction :: Protraction (n.) A drawing out, or continuing; the act of delaying the termination of a thing; prolongation; continuance; delay; as, the protraction of a debate..
Debatement :: Debatement (n.) Controversy; deliberation; debate.
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