English Explanatory Dictionary

makebate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One who excites contentions and quarrels; an instigator.
  2. A plant, bush jasmine (Chrysojasminum fruticans, syn. Jasminum fruticans).

Word forms

makebate makebates

Etymology

From make + bate (“strife, contention, quarrel”).

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