Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To argue or dispute vehemently; wrangle.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To contend in words; dispute with zeal, heat, or anger; wrangle.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To contend in words; to dispute with zeal, heat, or anger; to wrangle.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
argue ,quarrel orwrangle with someone.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb have a disagreement over something
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The essence of the law is altercation; for the law can altercate, fulminate, deprecate, irritate, and go on at any rate.
A Lecture On Heads As Delivered By Mr. Charles Lee Lewes, To Which Is Added, An Essay On Satire, With Forty-Seven Heads By Nesbit, From Designs By Thurston, 1812 Geo. Alex. Stevens 1893
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It is not worth while for Barneveld to continue long to altercate with such a loose head as Americanus.
Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, 26 January 1794 1794
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And in this article, we will altercate about apart unemployed claimed loans.
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And the people, or brethren, less disposed to altercate the sub - ject, rather chose to bend their wills to the opinions of their pastors.
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He well knew that no persons are so anxious to avoid such detentions as the officials themselves, and never allowed himself to altercate with a helpless guard or distracted station-master. "
Lectures and Essays Goldwin Smith 1866
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Marathon; "Yet," said their orators, or orator, in conclusion, "while we maintain our right to the disputed post, it becomes us not, at this crisis, to altercate on the localities of the battle.
Athens: Its Rise and Fall, Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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