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▸ noun:  An argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting, often with more than two people, generally ending with a vote or other decision.
▸ noun:  An informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views.
▸ noun:  (uncountable) Discussion of opposing views.
▸ noun:  (frequently in the French form débat) A type of literary composition, taking the form of a discussion or disputation, commonly found in the vernacular medieval poetry of many European countries, as well as in medieval Latin.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) Strife, discord.
▸ verb:  (transitive, intransitive, reciprocal) To participate in a debate; to dispute, argue, especially in a public arena.
▸ verb:  (obsolete, intransitive, reciprocal) To fight.
▸ verb:  (obsolete, transitive) To engage in combat for; to strive for.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To consider (to oneself), to think over, to attempt to decide

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