ALTERCATE

quarrel, dispute, scrap, argufy, altercate

(verb) have a disagreement over something; “We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America”; “These two fellows are always scrapping over something”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

altercate (third-person singular simple present altercates, present participle altercating, simple past and past participle altercated)

(intransitive) To argue, quarrel or wrangle.

Anagrams

• relactate

Source: Wiktionary


Al"ter*cate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Altercated; p. pr. & vb. n. Altercating.] Etym: [L. altercatus, p. p. of altercare, altercari, fr. alter another. See Alter.]

Definition: The contend in words; to dispute with zeal, heat, or anger; to wrangle.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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18 May 2025

OBLIQUE

(adjective) slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; “the oblique rays of the winter sun”; “acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles”; “the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base”


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