Definition of debate

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Debate (v. t.) A fight or fighting; contest; strife.

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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.
Debateful :: Debateful (a.) Full of contention; contentious; quarrelsome.
Vexed :: Vexed (a.) Much debated or contested; causing discussion; as, a vexed question..
Moot :: Moot (v. t.) To argue for and against; to debate; to discuss; to propose for discussion.
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..
Debate :: Debate (v. t.) To engage in combat for; to strive for.
Dispute :: Dispute (v. i.) Verbal controversy; contest by opposing argument or expression of opposing views or claims; controversial discussion; altercation; 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..
Debate :: Debate (v. t.) Subject of discussion.
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..
Discuss :: Discuss (v. t.) To examine in detail or by disputation; to reason upon by presenting favorable and adverse considerations; to debate; to sift; to investigate; to ventilate.
Report :: Report (v. t.) A sketch, or a fully written account, of a speech, debate, or the proceedings of a public meeting, legislative body, etc..
Debatingly :: Debatingly (adv.) In the manner of a debate.
Debate :: Debate (v. t.) To contend for in words or arguments; to strive to maintain by reasoning; to dispute; to contest; to discuss; to argue for and against.
Debate :: Debate (v. t.) Contention in words or arguments; discussion for the purpose of elucidating truth or influencing action; strife in argument; controversy; as, the debates in Parliament or in Congress..
Discussion :: Discussion (n.) The act of discussing or exchanging reasons; examination by argument; debate; disputation; agitation.
Misstate :: Misstate (v. t.) To state wrongly; as, to misstate a question in debate..
Stir :: Stir (v. t.) To bring into debate; to agitate; to moot.
Athlete :: Athlete (n.) One fitted for, or skilled in, intellectual contests; as, athletes of debate..
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..
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