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English Dictionary: altercate by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
altercate
v
  1. have a disagreement over something; "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America"; "These two fellows are always scrapping over something"
    Synonym(s): quarrel, dispute, scrap, argufy, altercate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
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