Meaning of ALTERCATE
| Pronunciation: | | 'oltur`keyt
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[v] have a disagreement over something; "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America"; "These tewo fellows are always scrapping over something" |
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ALTERCATE is a 9 letter word that starts with A. |
| | Synonyms: | | argufy, dispute, quarrel, scrap |
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| | See Also: | | argue, brawl, contend, debate, fall out, fence, polemicise, polemicize, polemise, polemize, spat, wrangle | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Al"ter*cate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Altercated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Altercating}.] [L. altercatus, p. p. of
altercare, altercari, fr. alter another. See {Alter}.]
To contend in words; to dispute with zeal, heat, or anger; to
wrangle.
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