Altercate

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Altercate \Al"ter*cate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Altercated}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Altercating}.] [L. altercatus, p. p. of
     altercare, altercari, fr. alter another. See {Alter}.]
     To contend in words; to dispute with zeal, heat, or anger; to
     wrangle.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  altercate
       v : have a disagreement over something; "We quarreled over the
           question as to who discovered America"; "These tewo
           fellows are always scrapping over something" [syn: {quarrel},
            {dispute}, {scrap}, {argufy}]