Misstate: alternatives and connections

To put off or defer to another day, or indefinitely; to postpone; to close or suspend for the day; -- commonly said of the meeting, or…

To discuss with great earnestness; to debate; as, a controversy hotly agitated.

Examination or consideration of a subject in controversy, or of a plan proposed for adoption; earnest discussion; debate.

A figure by which a speaker appeals to his hearers or opponents for their opinion on the point in debate.

To speak or write in return to, as in return to a call or question, or to a speech, declaration, argument, or the like; to reply to (a…

Any place of public contest or exertion; any sphere of action; as, the arenaof debate; the arena of life.

Capable of being argued; admitting of debate.

To debate or discuss; to treat by reasoning; as, the counsel argued the cause before a full court; the cause was well argued.

Debate; discussion.

To interrogate or inquire of or concerning; to put a question to or about; to question.

One fitted for, or skilled in, intellectual contests; as, athletes of debate.

To examine by discussion; to debate.

Any subject of discussion or debate; matter; question; affair in general.

To end, terminate, or come to a period; as, the debate closed at six o'clock.

A method of putting an end to debate and securing an immediate vote upon a measure before a legislative body. It is similar in effect…

Belonging to a close or termination; decisive; convincing; putting an end to debate or question; leading to, or involving, a conclusio…

To strive in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.

Fond of contention; given to angry debate; provoking dispute or contention; quarrelsome.