Debate Meaning Old English

Early 14c a quarrel dispute disagreement now archaic from old french debat from debatre see debate v.

Debate meaning old english. The debate on this subject will go on as long as the human race exists so all i can do is raise a few points on the subject this aspect of the debate has been the subject of much political and academic disagreement i wouldn t normally involve myself in debates or arguments about who should be american president. Sense of contention by argument is from late 14c that of a formal dispute a debating contest interchange of arguments in a somewhat formal manner is perhaps from early 15c. The beginning of old english it is very difficult to say when old english began because this pushes us back beyond the date of our earliest records for either old english or any of its closest relatives with the exception of very occasional inscriptions and the evidence of words and names occurring in latin or in other languages. A debate in the senate on farm price supports.