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makedebate

makedebate is the alternative form 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

Forms of makedebate

pluralmakedebates

Questions about makedebate

What is makedebate the alternative form of?
Makedebate is the alternative form of make-debate.

Words near makedebate in the dictionary

  1. makebates
  2. makebelieve
  3. makebelieves
  4. maked
  5. maked a grab
  6. makedebate
  7. makedebates
  8. makedom
  9. Makedon
  10. Makedonia
  11. Makedonian

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