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v. Present participle of altercate.

"The coffin-bearers, grumbling and altercating among themselves, laid the coffin on the hearse; the garrison soldiers lighted their torches, which at once began crackling and smoking; a stray old woman, who had joined herself on to the party, raised a wail; the deacons began to chant, the fine snow suddenly fell faster and whirled round like ‘white flies.’"

altercated    altercating   

fence    contend    argue    debate   

polemicize    polemize    polemise    brawl    spat   

altercated    altercating    altercation   

wrangle    dispute