Definition of Makebate

1. n. One who excites contentions and quarrels.

Definition of Makebate

1. Noun. One who excites contentions and quarrels; an instigator. ¹

2. Noun. A plant, ''Jasminum fruticans''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Makebate

1. one that encourages quarrels [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Makebate

make tracks
make tracks for
make unnecessary
make up
make up one's mind
make use
make vibrant sounds
make water
make waves
make way
make whoopie
make yourself at home
makeable
makebate (current term)
makebates
makebelieve
maked
makedom
makee
makefast
makefasts
makefile
makefiles
makegame
makegoods
makeing
makeless

Literary usage of Makebate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1845)
"... of olde Martin Marre-prelate, the great makebate of England, and father of the Factions. ... makebate ..."

2. The Bible Word-book: A Glossary of Archaic Words and Phrases in the by Jonathan Eastwood, William Aldis Wright (1884)
"... makebate, sb. (2 Tim. iii. 3 tu). A causer of strife. Satan, the author and sower of discord, stirred up his instruments (certain Frenchmen, ..."

3. The British Essayists; with Prefaces, Historical and Biographical, by Alexander Chalmers (1809)
"ELIZABETH makebate, of the parish of St. Catherine's, spinster, was indicted for surreptitiously taking away the hassock from under the lady Grave-Airs, ..."

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