Definition of debate

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

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Athlete :: Athlete (n.) One fitted for, or skilled in, intellectual contests; as, athletes of debate..
Anacoenosis :: Anacoenosis (n.) A figure by which a speaker appeals to his hearers or opponents for their opinion on the point in debate.
Stir :: Stir (v. t.) To bring into debate; to agitate; to moot.
Jar :: Jar (n.) Clash of interest or opinions; collision; discord; debate; slight disagreement.
Question :: Question (n.) Discussion; debate; hence, objection; dispute; doubt; as, the story is true beyond question; he obeyed without question..
Reporter :: Reporter (n.) An officer or person who makes authorized statements of law proceedings and decisions, or of legislative debates..
Reason :: Reason (v. t.) To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss; as, I reasoned the matter with my friend..
Dispute :: Dispute (v. i.) Verbal controversy; contest by opposing argument or expression of opposing views or claims; controversial discussion; altercation; debate.
Controvert :: Controvert (v. t.) To make matter of controversy; to dispute or oppose by reasoning; to contend against in words or writings; to contest; to debate.
Warm :: Warm (superl.) Violent; vehement; furious; excited; passionate; as, a warm contest; a warm debate..
Debater :: Debater (n.) One who debates; one given to argument; a disputant; a controvertist.
Support :: Support (v. t.) To carry on; to enable to continue; to maintain; as, to support a war or a contest; to support an argument or a debate..
Parry :: Parry (n.) A warding off of a thrust or blow, as in sword and bayonet exercises or in boxing; hence, figuratively, a defensive movement in debate or other intellectual encounter..
Lyceum :: Lyceum (n.) An association for debate and literary improvement.
Declaim :: Declaim (v. i.) To speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously, noisily, or theatrically; to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant..
Cool :: Cool (superl.) Not ardent, warm, fond, or passionate; not hasty; deliberate; exercising self-control; self-possessed; dispassionate; indifferent; as, a cool lover; a cool debater..
Forensic :: Forensic (n.) An exercise in debate; a forensic contest; an argumentative thesis.
Interpellation :: Interpellation (n.) An act of interpellating, or of demanding of an officer an explanation of his action; imperative or peremptory questioning; a point raised in a debate..
Agitation :: Agitation (n.) Examination or consideration of a subject in controversy, or of a plan proposed for adoption; earnest discussion; debate..
Discept :: Discept (v. i.) To debate; to discuss.
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