LekhoriLekhoriTo fight.
Well knew they both his person, sith of late / With him in bloudie armes they rashly did debate.
To engage in combat for; to strive for.
Volunteers […] thronged to serve under his banner, and the cause of religion was debated with the same ardour in Spain as on the plains of Palestine.
An argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting, often with more than two people, generally ending with a vote or other decision.
After a four-hour debate, the committee voted to table the motion.
From Middle English debaten, from Old French debatre (“to fight, contend, debate, also literally to beat down”), from Romanic desbattere, from Latin dis- (“apart, in different directions”) + battuō (“...
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An informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views.
The debate over the age of the universe is thousands of years old.
Discussion of opposing views.
There has been considerable debate concerning exactly how to format these articles.