1. An angry dispute; an altercation. 2. A cause of a dispute or an argument: We have no quarrel with the findings of the committee.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:
Inflected forms: quar·reled or quar·relled, quar·rel·ing or quar·rel·ling, quar·rels or quar·rels 1. To engage in a quarrel; dispute angrily. See synonyms at argue. 2. To disagree; differ: I quarrel with your conclusions.3. To find fault; complain.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English querele, from Old French, complaint, from Latin querella, querla, from quer, to complain. See kwes- in Appendix I.
kwôr
l, kw
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la, from quer
, to complain. See kwes- in Appendix I.
