ALTERCATE

AL'TERCATE, verb intransitive [Latin altercor, alterco, from alter, another.]To contend in words; to dispute with zeal, heat or anger; to wrangle.

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altercate. Altercate, v.i. to dispute with heat or slight anger

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Al″ter‐cate (�), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Altercated; p. pr. & vb. n. Altercating.] [[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.