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makebate

[ meyk-beyt ]
/ ˈmeɪkˌbeɪt /

noun Archaic.

a person who causes contention or discord.

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Origin of makebate

First recorded in 1520–30; make1 + bate2)

Words nearby makebate

make a virtue of necessity, make away, make away with, Makeba, make bail, makebate, make-believe, make bold, make book, make bricks without straw, make capital out of
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Example sentences 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