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  • 71argue — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To endeavor to convince] Syn. plead, appeal, assert, maintain, claim, hold, explain, justify, elucidate, present, show, support, reason with, dispute, contend, oppose, demonstrate, establish, join issue, make a case for, put …

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  • 72cample — v. dispute, altercate …

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  • 73campled — v. dispute, altercate …

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  • 74camples — v. dispute, altercate …

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  • 75campling — v. dispute, altercate …

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  • 76altercation — noun a noisy argument or disagreement. Derivatives altercate verb (archaic). Origin ME: from L. altercatio(n ), from altercari to wrangle …

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  • 77stickle — v. n. 1. Struggle (pertinaciously and on trifling grounds), contend, altercate, contest. 2. Hesitate, waver, doubt, scruple, stick. 3. Trim, shift, play fast and loose …

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  • 78quarrel — I. n. 1. Brawl, feud, affray, fray, tumult, contention, altercation, tiff, misunderstanding, wrangle, contest, squabble, broil, jar, breach, rupture, dispute, difference, disagreement, dissension, bickering, quarrelling, strife, breeze, falling… …

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  • 79squabble — I. v. n. 1. Quarrel, wrangle, fight, scuffle, struggle, brawl. 2. Dispute, contend, jangle, brawl, bicker, altercate, wrangle. II. n. Brawl, wrangle, dispute, petty quarrel, broil, scrimmage, rumpus …

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  • 80quarrel — 1. noun they had a quarrel about money Syn: argument, disagreement, squabble, fight, dispute, wrangle, clash, altercation, feud, contretemps, disputation, falling out, war of words, shouting match; informal tiff, run in, hassle, blowup …

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