| Back | makebate /MAYK-bayt/ |
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| Front | noun One who incites quarrels. [From make, from Old English macian (to make) + bate (contention), from Latin battuere (to beat) which also gave us abate, debate, and rebate. Earliest documented use: 1529.] "'You leave my ma out of this, you makebate! She always said you'd end on the gallows, and she was right.'" Barbara Metzger; Christmas Wishes; Signet; 2010. |
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