DEBATE (2)

debate (2)|debatement. Debate, or Debatement, n. a dispute, contest, quarrel

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De‐bate″, v. i. 1. 1. To engage in strife or combat; to fight. Chaucer.
Well could he tourney and in lists debate. Spenser. 2. 2. To contend in words; to dispute; hence, to deliberate; to consider; to discuss or examine different arguments in the mind; — often followed by on or upon.
He presents that great soul debating upon the subject of life and death with his intimate friends. Tatler.