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make-debate

make-debate noun: someone who instigates quarrels.

Noun

make-debate (plural make-debates)

  1. (obsolete) Someone who instigates quarrels.
    • I will now pursue the Subject, and put the Case that you have no Proof that he is guilty, but your Surmizes, or, perhaps, the busy Whisperings of officious Make-debates. In this Case, take care, my Betsey, that you don't, by the Violence of your Passions, precipitate him on the Course you dread...1741, Samuel Richardson, “Letter LV”, in Letters Written to and for Particular Friends, pages 68–69
    Synonyms:
    breedbate, brewbate, makebate, make-fray

Synonyms of make-debate

Forms of make-debate

pluralmake-debates
alternative formmakedebate

Origin of make-debate

From make + debate.

Questions about make-debate

What does make-debate mean?
Make-debate means someone who instigates quarrels.
What part of speech is make-debate?
Make-debate is a noun.
What is the plural of make-debate?
The plural of make-debate is make-debates.

Words near make-debate in the dictionary

  1. make-and-break
  2. make-and-breaks
  3. make-before-break
  4. make-believe
  5. make-believes
  6. make-debate
  7. make-debates
  8. make-do
  9. make-dos
  10. make-fray
  11. make-frays

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