debate

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/dɪˈbeɪt/]

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1. debate (verb) — sense 1

Definition: To participate in a debate; to dispute, argue, especially in a public arena.

Example: "Debate me, coward!" snarled the completely normal intellectual.

2. debate (verb) — sense 2

Definition: To fight.

Example: Well knew they both his person, sith of late / With him in bloudie armes they rashly did debate.

3. debate (verb) — sense 3

Definition: To engage in combat for; to strive for.

Example: Volunteers […] thronged to serve under his banner, and the cause of religion was debated with the same ardour in Spain as on the plains of Palestine.

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