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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
altercate
 
SYLLABICATION:al·ter·cate
PRONUNCIATION:  ôltr-kt
INTRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: al·ter·cat·ed, al·ter·cat·ing, al·ter·cates
To argue or dispute vehemently; wrangle.
ETYMOLOGY:Latin altercr, alterct-, to quarrel, from alter, other. See al-1 in Appendix I.
 
 
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