Definition of debate

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Debate (v. i.) To engage in strife or combat; to fight.

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Stir :: Stir (v. t.) To bring into debate; to agitate; to moot.
Squabble :: Squabble (v. i.) To debate peevishly; to dispute.
Discept :: Discept (v. i.) To debate; to discuss.
Argue :: Argue (v. t.) To debate or discuss; to treat by reasoning; as, the counsel argued the cause before a full court; the cause was well argued..
Cause :: Cause (v.) Any subject of discussion or debate; matter; question; affair in general.
Arguable :: Arguable (a.) Capable of being argued; admitting of 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..
Palaver :: Palaver (n.) In Africa, a parley with the natives; a talk; hence, a public conference and deliberation; a debate..
Debatable :: Debatable (a.) Liable to be debated; disputable; subject to controversy or contention; open to question or dispute; as, a debatable question..
Argumentation :: Argumentation (n.) Debate; discussion.
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..
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..
Arena :: Arena (n.) Any place of public contest or exertion; any sphere of action; as, the arenaof debate; the arena of life..
Fence :: Fence (n.) Self-defense by the use of the sword; the art and practice of fencing and sword play; hence, skill in debate and repartee. See Fencing..
Order :: Order (n.) The customary mode of procedure; established system, as in the conduct of debates or the transaction of business; usage; custom; fashion..
Contest :: Contest (n.) Earnest dispute; strife in argument; controversy; debate; altercation.
Forensic :: Forensic (n.) An exercise in debate; a forensic contest; an argumentative thesis.
Discussion :: Discussion (n.) The act of discussing or exchanging reasons; examination by argument; debate; disputation; agitation.
Question :: Question (n.) Hence, a subject of investigation, examination, or debate; theme of inquiry; matter to be inquired into; as, a delicate or doubtful question..
Lyceum :: Lyceum (n.) An association for debate and literary improvement.
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