Definition of debate

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

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Moot :: Moot (v.) A discussion or debate; especially, a discussion of fictitious causes by way of practice..
Argumentation :: Argumentation (n.) Debate; discussion.
Question :: Question (n.) Discussion; debate; hence, objection; dispute; doubt; as, the story is true beyond question; he obeyed without question..
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..
Contest :: Contest (n.) Earnest dispute; strife in argument; controversy; debate; altercation.
Athlete :: Athlete (n.) One fitted for, or skilled in, intellectual contests; as, athletes of 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.
Debatement :: Debatement (n.) Controversy; deliberation; 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..
Debater :: Debater (n.) One who debates; one given to argument; a disputant; a controvertist.
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..
Arena :: Arena (n.) Any place of public contest or exertion; any sphere of action; as, the arenaof debate; the arena of life..
Spicy :: Spicy (superl.) Fig.: Piquant; racy; as, a spicy 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..
Debate :: Debate (v. t.) To engage in combat for; to strive for.
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..
Canvass :: Canvass (n.) To examine by discussion; to 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..
Closure :: Closure (v. t.) A method of putting an end to debate and securing an immediate vote upon a measure before a legislative body. It is similar in effect to the previous question. It was first introduced into the British House of Commons in 1882. The French word cloture was originally applied to this proceeding.
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