Debate: alternatives and connections

To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to think on with care; to ponder; to study; to meditate on.

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To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to think on with care; to ponder; to study; to meditate on.

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A setting of the mind or thoughts upon a subject; hence, application of mind to books, arts, or science, or to any subject, for the purpose of acquir…

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A setting of the mind or thoughts upon a subject; hence, application of mind to books, arts, or science, or to any subject, for the purpose of acquir…

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To contend in words; to dispute with zeal, heat, or anger; to wrangle.

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To argue pertinaciously.

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A small wooden vessel made of staves and hoops, like a tub.

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To clamor; to contest noisily.

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To contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another; to discuss; to reason; to debate; to altercate; to wra…

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To trifle with; to deceive; to mock.

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To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit.

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To do a petty business as a lawyer; also, to do law business in a petty or tricky way.

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To think on, and revolve in the mind, beforehand; to contrive and design previously; as, to premeditate robbery.

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An arrow for a crossbow; -- so named because it commonly had a square head.

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A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil.

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Something scraped off; hence, a small piece; a bit; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.

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A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

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An old name for a nonmetallic mineral, usually cleavable and somewhat lustrous; as, calc spar, or calcite, fluor spar, etc. It was especially used in…

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To contend for superiority in an unseemly maner; to scuffle; to struggle; to wrangle; to quarrel.

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To separate combatants by intervening.

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To to/s back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.

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To contend, by grappling with, and striving to trip or throw down, an opponent; as, they wrestled skillfully.

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To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to think on with care; to ponder; to study; to meditate on.

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To keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune; -- followed by with.

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Weighing facts and arguments with a view to a choice or decision; carefully considering the probable consequences of a step; circumspect; slow in det…

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The power of the mind to reason or infer by running, as it were, from one fact or reason to another, and deriving a conclusion; an exercise or act of…

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To break to pieces; to shatter.

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The act or process of discussing by breaking up, or dispersing, as a tumor, or the like.

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of Speak

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The spoken sign of a conception or an idea; an articulate or vocal sound, or a combination of articulate and vocal sounds, uttered by the human voice…

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Contention in words merely, or a contention about words; a war of words.

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One who argues; a reasoner; a disputant.

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One who argues; a reasoner; a disputant.

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Liable to be debated; disputable; subject to controversy or contention; open to question or dispute; as, a debatable question.

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Liable to be debated; disputable; subject to controversy or contention; open to question or dispute; as, a debatable question.

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To be or stand apart; to disagree; to be unlike; to be distinguished; -- with from.

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To fail to accord; not to agree; to lack harmony; to differ; to be unlike; to be at variance.

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To differ in opinion; to be of unlike or contrary sentiment; to disagree; -- followed by from.

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To invent and offer reasons to support or overthrow a proposition, opinion, or measure; to use arguments; to reason.

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Proof; evidence.

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The act of forming reasons, making inductions, drawing conclusions, and applying them to the case in discussion; the operation of inferring propositi…

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To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to think on with care; to ponder; to study; to meditate on.

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To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.

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Weighing facts and arguments with a view to a choice or decision; carefully considering the probable consequences of a step; circumspect; slow in det…

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The act of disputing; a reasoning or argumentation in opposition to something, or on opposite sides; controversy in words; verbal contest respecting…

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That which fends off attack or danger; a defense; a protection; a cover; security; shield.

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