Definition of debate

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

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Contentious :: Contentious (a.) Fond of contention; given to angry debate; provoking dispute or contention; quarrelsome.
Warm :: Warm (superl.) Violent; vehement; furious; excited; passionate; as, a warm contest; a warm debate..
Contend :: Contend (v. i.) To strive in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.
Minute :: Minute (n.) The memorandum; a record; a note to preserve the memory of anything; as, to take minutes of a contract; to take minutes of a conversation or debate..
Adjourn :: Adjourn (v. t.) To put off or defer to another day, or indefinitely; to postpone; to close or suspend for the day; -- commonly said of the meeting, or the action, of convened body; as, to adjourn the meeting; to adjourn a debate..
Wrangle :: Wrangle (v. i.) To argue; to debate; to dispute.
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.
Argumentation :: Argumentation (n.) Debate; discussion.
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..
Unargued :: Unargued (a.) Not argued or debated.
Debate :: Debate (v. t.) A fight or fighting; contest; strife.
Spicy :: Spicy (superl.) Fig.: Piquant; racy; as, a spicy debate..
Palaver :: Palaver (n.) In Africa, a parley with the natives; a talk; hence, a public conference and deliberation; a debate..
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..
Canvass :: Canvass (n.) To examine by discussion; to debate.
Dissension :: Dissension (n.) Disagreement in opinion, usually of a violent character, producing warm debates or angry words; contention in words; partisan and contentious divisions; breach of friendship and union; strife; discord; quarrel..
Debatingly :: Debatingly (adv.) In the manner of a debate.
Debated :: Debated (imp. & p. p.) of Debat.
Debateful :: Debateful (a.) Full of contention; contentious; quarrelsome.
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