Definition of debate

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

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Forensic :: Forensic (a.) Belonging to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate; used in legal proceedings, or in public discussions; argumentative; rhetorical; as, forensic eloquence or disputes..
Debate :: Debate (v. t.) To engage in combat for; to strive for.
Contentious :: Contentious (a.) Fond of contention; given to angry debate; provoking dispute or contention; quarrelsome.
Misstate :: Misstate (v. t.) To state wrongly; as, to misstate a question in debate..
Spicy :: Spicy (superl.) Fig.: Piquant; racy; as, a spicy debate..
Lyceum :: Lyceum (n.) An association for debate and literary improvement.
Congressional :: Congressional (a.) Of or pertaining to a congress, especially, to the Congress of the United States; as, congressional debates..
Debatefully :: Debatefully (adv.) With contention.
Canvass :: Canvass (n.) Examination in the way of discussion or debate.
Wrangle :: Wrangle (v. i.) To argue; to debate; to dispute.
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..
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..
Arguable :: Arguable (a.) Capable of being argued; admitting of debate.
Debateful :: Debateful (a.) Full of contention; contentious; quarrelsome.
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..
Odds :: Odds (a.) Quarrel; dispute; debate; strife; -- chiefly in the phrase at odds.
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..
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..
Jar :: Jar (n.) Clash of interest or opinions; collision; discord; debate; slight disagreement.
Debatingly :: Debatingly (adv.) In the manner of a debate.
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