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makebate

[ meyk-beyt ]

noun

, Archaic.
  1. a person who causes contention or discord.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of makebate1

First recorded in 1520–30; make 1 + bate 2 )
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Example Sentences

But after all he pays well that pays with gold; and Mike Lambourne was never a makebate, or a spoil-sport, or the like.

Makebate (IP315,d), busybody, breeder of strife "a discordant element."

Barillon was therefore directed to act, with all possible precautions against detection, the part of a makebate.

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