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makebate

makebate noun: one who excites contentions and quarrels; an instigator.

makebate: one who excites contentions and quarrels; an instigator
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Noun

makebate (plural makebates)

  1. One who excites contentions and quarrels; an instigator.
  2. A plant, bush jasmine (Chrysojasminum fruticans, syn. Jasminum fruticans).

makebate meaning in Tamil

makebate in Tamil

வலுச்சண்டையர்

Forms of makebate

pluralmakebates

Origin of makebate

From make + bate (“strife, contention, quarrel”).

Questions about makebate

What does makebate mean?
Makebate means one who excites contentions and quarrels; an instigator.
What is makebate in Tamil?
Makebate in Tamil is வலுச்சண்டையர். See Makebate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is makebate?
Makebate is a noun.
What is the plural of makebate?
The plural of makebate is makebates.

Words near makebate in the dictionary

  1. makeability
  2. makeable
  3. makeables
  4. makeaway
  5. makeaways
  6. makebate
  7. makebates
  8. makebelieve
  9. makebelieves
  10. maked
  11. maked a grab

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Adapted from Wiktionary: makebate (page history and authors); makebate (Tamil 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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