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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..

Rebate :: Rebate (n.) A kind of hard freestone used in making pavements.

Abate :: Abate (v. t.) To diminish; to reduce. Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets..

Breedbate :: Breedbate (n.) One who breeds or originates quarrels.

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..

Discount :: Discount (v.) To deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like; to make an abatement of; as, merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt payment of bills..

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..

Conglobate :: Conglobate (v. t.) To collect or form into a ball or rounded mass; to gather or mass together.

Palaver :: Palaver (n.) In Africa, a parley with the natives; a talk; hence, a public conference and deliberation; a debate..

Moot :: Moot (v. t.) To argue for and against; to debate; to discuss; to propose for discussion.

Lobated :: Lobated (a.) Consisting of, or having, lobes; lobed; as, a lobate leaf..

Bate :: Bate (v. i.) To flutter as a hawk; to bait.

Sustain :: Sustain (v. t.) To allow the prosecution of; to admit as valid; to sanction; to continue; not to dismiss or abate; as, the court sustained the action or suit..

Rebate :: Rebate (v. i.) To abate; to withdraw.

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.

Quinquelobared :: Quinquelobared (a.) Cut less than halfway into portions, usually somewhat rounded; five-lobed; as, a quinquelobate leaf or corolla..

Reprobate :: Reprobate (v. t.) To disapprove with detestation or marks of extreme dislike; to condemn as unworthy; to disallow; to reject.

Sorbate :: Sorbate (n.) A salt of sorbic acid.

Abater :: Abater (n.) One who, or that which, abates..

Gibbon :: Gibbon (n.) Any arboreal ape of the genus Hylobates, of which many species and varieties inhabit the East Indies and Southern Asia. They are tailless and without cheek pouches, and have very long arms, adapted for climbing..

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