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makebate

[ meyk-beyt ]
/ ˈmeɪkˌbeɪt /

noun Archaic.

a person who causes contention or discord.

Words nearby makebate

make-peace, make-ready, make-up, make-work, makeba, makebate, makedhonia, makefast, makeless, makemie, makeover

Origin of makebate

1520–30; make1 + bate contention, discord (Middle English, derivative of baten to fight, strive; see bate2)
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Examples from the Web for makebate

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

    Kenilworth|Sir Walter Scott

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

    The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay