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Definition of debated : of Debate

Synonyms:

disputed, interrogated, polled, catechized, inquired, surveyed, queried, challenged, canvassed, investigated, sought, cross-examined, examined, asked, delved, questioned, probed, quizzed, interpolated, explored

consulted, argued, met, conversed, discussed, parleyed, chatted, confronted, talked

considered, speculated, brooded, deliberated, daydreamed, reasoned, concentrated, calculated, pondered, analyzed, meditated, envisioned, imagined, appraised, weighed, studied, mused, thought, evaluated, cogitated, cerebrated, reflected, contemplated

orated, jabbered, spoken, said, remarked, chattered, prattled, babbled, lectured, pattered, vocalized, recited, preached, chitchatted, voiced, spoke, tattled, gabbed

Usage examples:

• There was a great meeting of the ancients in the speak- house; and one ancient spoke for Malamalama, and another ancient spoke for Salesa, and another ancient spoke for Professor No No, and still another ancient spoke for Billy Hindoo; and the whole matter was inquired into from the first day and debated in turn by all the ancients, and a final judgment at length arrived at. - "Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas", Lloyd Osbourne.
• It was made a special order of the day for Monday, December twenty- first, when it was debated and passed. - "History of the Constitutions of Iowa", Benjamin F. Shambaugh.
• We all know the interest that the English take in any geographical problem, and readers of every class devoured the columns in which Mr. Fogg's expedition was debated. - "Round the World in Eighty Days", Jules Verne.