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Discept :: Discept (v. i.) To debate; to discuss.

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.

Controversy :: Controversy (n.) Contention; dispute; debate; discussion; agitation of contrary opinions.

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

Argumentation :: Argumentation (n.) Debate; discussion.

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

Squabble :: Squabble (v. i.) To debate peevishly; to dispute.

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

Participate :: Participate (v. i.) To have a share in common with others; to take a part; to partake; -- followed by in, formely by of; as, to participate in a debate..

Cause :: Cause (v.) Any subject of discussion or debate; matter; question; affair in general.

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..

Debate :: Debate (v. t.) To engage in combat for; to strive for.

Wrangle :: Wrangle (v. i.) To argue; to debate; to dispute.

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

Debatingly :: Debatingly (adv.) In the manner of a debate.

Debate :: Debate (v. i.) To contend in words; to dispute; hence, to deliberate; to consider; to discuss or examine different arguments in the mind; -- often followed by on or upon..

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..

Close :: Close (v. i.) To end, terminate, or come to a period; as, the debate closed at six o'clock..

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..

Issue :: Issue (n.) A point in debate or controversy on which the parties take affirmative and negative positions; a presentation of alternatives between which to choose or decide.

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