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make-debates

make-debates is the plural of make-debate.

Meaning of make-debate

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

Questions about make-debates

What is make-debates the plural of?
Make-debates is the plural of make-debate.

Words near make-debates in the dictionary

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

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