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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.

Tempestuous :: Tempestuous (a.) Of or pertaining to a tempest; involving or resembling a tempest; turbulent; violent; stormy; as, tempestuous weather; a tempestuous night; a tempestuous 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..

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..

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..

Debatable :: Debatable (a.) Liable to be debated; disputable; subject to controversy or contention; open to question or dispute; as, a debatable question..

Canvass :: Canvass (n.) Examination in the way of discussion or debate.

Forensic :: Forensic (n.) An exercise in debate; a forensic contest; an argumentative thesis.

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.

Jar :: Jar (n.) Clash of interest or opinions; collision; discord; debate; slight disagreement.

Debate :: Debate (v. t.) Subject of discussion.

Vexed :: Vexed (a.) Much debated or contested; causing discussion; as, a vexed question..

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

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

Arguable :: Arguable (a.) Capable of being argued; admitting of debate.

Contentious :: Contentious (a.) Fond of contention; given to angry debate; provoking dispute or contention; quarrelsome.

Dispute :: Dispute (v. i.) To contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another; to discuss; to reason; to debate; to altercate; to wrangle..

Debated :: Debated (imp. & p. p.) of Debat.

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..

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