Part 2790

<h1>Debased</h1> <Xpage=373>

<hw>De*based"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Turned upside down from its proper position; inverted; reversed.</def>

<h1>Debasement</h1> <Xpage=373>

<hw>De*base"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of debasing or the state of being debased.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Debaser</h1> <Xpage=373>

<hw>De*bas"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, debases.</def>

<h1>Debasingly</h1> <Xpage=373>

<hw>De*bas"ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a manner to debase.</def>

<h1>Debatable</h1> <Xpage=373>

<hw>De*bat"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>debatable</ets>. See <er>Debate</er>.]</ety> <def>Liable to be debated; disputable; subject to controversy or contention; open to question or dispute; <as>as, a <ex>debatable</ex> question</as>.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>The Debatable Land</col> &or; <col>Ground</col></mcol>, <cd>a tract of land between the Esk and the Sark, claimed by both England and Scotland; the Batable Ground.</cd></cs>

<h1>Debate</h1> <Xpage=373>

<hw>De*bate"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Debated</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Debating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OF. <ets>debatre</ets>, F. <ets>d\'82battre</ets>; L. <ets>de</ets> + <ets>batuere</ets> to beat. See <er>Batter</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>, and cf. <er>Abate</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To engage in combat for; to strive for.</def>

<blockquote>Volunteers . . . thronged to serve under his banner, and the cause of religion was <b>debated</b> with the same ardor in Spain as on the plains of Palestine. <i>Prescott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To contend for in words or arguments; to strive to maintain by reasoning; to dispute; to contest; to discuss; to argue for and against.</def>

<blockquote>A wise council . . . that did <b>debate</b> this business. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Debate</b> thy cause with thy neighbor himself. <i>Prov. xxv. 9.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To argue; discuss; dispute; controvert. See <er>Argue</er>, and <er>Discuss</er>.</syn>

<h1>Debate</h1> <Xpage=373>

<hw>De*bate"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To engage in strife or combat; to fight.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<blockquote>Well could he tourney and in lists <b>debate</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To contend in words; to dispute; hence, to deliberate; to consider; to discuss or examine different arguments in the mind; -- often followed by <i>on</i> or <i>upon</i>.</def>

<blockquote>He presents that great soul <b>debating</b> upon the subject of life and death with his intimate friends. <i>Tatler.</i></blockquote>

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