·vt Subject of discussion.
II. Debate ·vt A fight or fighting; contest; strife.
III. Debate ·vt To engage in combat for; to strive for.
IV. Debate ·vi To engage in strife or combat; to Fight.
V. Debate ·vt Contention in words or arguments; discussion for the purpose of elucidating truth or influencing action; strife in argument; controversy; as, the debates in Parliament or in Congress.
VI. Debate ·vi To contend in words; to Dispute; hence, to deliberate; to Consider; to discuss or examine different arguments in the mind;
— often followed by on or upon.
VII. Debate ·vt To contend for in words or arguments; to strive to maintain by reasoning; to Dispute; to Contest; to Discuss; to argue for and against.