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Verb: altercate  'ol-tur,keyt [N. Amer], 'ol-tu(r),keyt or 'ól-tu(r),keyt [Brit]
Usage: archaic
  1. Engage in a heated argument or dispute
    - quarrel, dispute, scrap, argufy [informal], row[2]

Derived forms: altercated, altercates, altercating

Type of: argue, contend, debate, fence