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altercate

/ˈɔːltəkeɪt/

altercate verb: to argue, quarrel or wrangle.

Verb

altercate (third-person singular simple present altercates, present participle altercating, simple past and past participle altercated)

  1. (intransitive) To argue, quarrel or wrangle.
    Synonyms:
    aggress

altercate meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Kannada

altercate in Tamil

பூசலிடு, சொல்லெதிர்சொல்லு, சண்டையிடு

altercate in Bengali

বাদানুবাদ করা

altercate in Kannada

ಜಗಳಾಡು, ಕಿತ್ತಾಡು

Synonyms of altercate

Forms of altercate

third-person singular presentaltercates
present participlealtercating
past participlealtercated
pastaltercated

Origin of altercate

Borrowed from Latin altercor.

Words formed from altercate

Questions about altercate

What does altercate mean?
Altercate means to argue, quarrel or wrangle.
What is altercate in Tamil?
Altercate in Tamil is பூசலிடு, சொல்லெதிர்சொல்லு, சண்டையிடு. See Altercate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is altercate?
Altercate is a verb.
How do you pronounce altercate?
Altercate is pronounced /ˈɔːltəkeɪt/ (UK).
What is the past tense of altercate?
The past tense of altercate is altercated.

Words near altercate in the dictionary

  1. alterations
  2. alterative
  3. alteratives
  4. alterator
  5. alterators
  6. altercate
  7. altercated
  8. altercates
  9. altercating
  10. altercation
  11. altercations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: altercate (page history and authors); altercate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); altercate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); altercate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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