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altercate

Verb (intransitive)

al=ter=cate

WORDNET DICTIONARY

altercate(v = verb.communication) argufy, dispute, quarrel, scrap - have a disagreement over something; "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America"; "These two fellows are always scrapping over something"

is one way to argue, contend, debate, fence

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

altercate, v. i. [L. altercatus, p. p. of altercare, altercari, fr. alter another. See Alter.].

To contend in words; to dispute with zeal, heat, or anger; to wrangle. [1913 Webster]

altercate, v.intr. (often foll. by with) dispute hotly; wrangle.

Derivative

altercation n.

Etymology

L altercari altercat-

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