altercate

2 definitions found

altercate - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

altercate - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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" [syn: quarrel,
           dispute, scrap, argufy, altercate]