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a.
Quarrel; dispute; debate; strife; -- chiefly in the phrase at odds.
a.
Much debated or contested; causing discussion; as, a vexed question.
v. i.
To throw squibs; to utter sarcatic or severe reflections; to contend in petty dispute; as, to squib a little debate.
a.
Not argued or debated.
v. t.
To bring into debate; to agitate; to moot.
v. i.
To debate peevishly; to dispute.
n.
The customary mode of procedure; established system, as in the conduct of debates or the transaction of business; usage; custom; fashion.
v. t.
To carry on; to enable to continue; to maintain; as, to support a war or a contest; to support an argument or a debate.
a.
Of or pertaining to a tempest; involving or resembling a tempest; turbulent; violent; stormy; as, tempestuous weather; a tempestuous night; a tempestuous debate.
n.
Hence, a subject of investigation, examination, or debate; theme of inquiry; matter to be inquired into; as, a delicate or doubtful question.
superl.
Fig.: Piquant; racy; as, a spicy debate.
n.
An association for debate and literary improvement.
imp. & p. p.
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superl.
Violent; vehement; furious; excited; passionate; as, a warm contest; a warm debate.
n.
One who debates; one given to argument; a disputant; a controvertist.
v. t.
Contention in words or arguments; discussion for the purpose of elucidating truth or influencing action; strife in argument; controversy; as, the debates in Parliament or in Congress.
n.
Discussion; debate; hence, objection; dispute; doubt; as, the story is true beyond question; he obeyed without question.
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.
n.
Controversy; deliberation; debate.
v. i.
To argue; to debate; to dispute.
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