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01-13-2016, 12:51 PM
makebate
\ MEYK-beyt \ , noun;
1.
A person who causes contention or discord.
Quotes:
The man was a hater of the great Governor and his life-work, the Erie; a makebate , a dawplucker, a malcontent politicaster.
-- Samuel Hopkins Adams, Grandfather Stories
But after all he pays well that pays with gold; and Mike Lambourne was never a makebate , or a spoil-sport, or the like.
-- Sir Walter Scott, Kenilworth
Origin:
Makebate stems from the Middle English word bate which meant "contention".
\ MEYK-beyt \ , noun;
1.
A person who causes contention or discord.
Quotes:
The man was a hater of the great Governor and his life-work, the Erie; a makebate , a dawplucker, a malcontent politicaster.
-- Samuel Hopkins Adams, Grandfather Stories
But after all he pays well that pays with gold; and Mike Lambourne was never a makebate , or a spoil-sport, or the like.
-- Sir Walter Scott, Kenilworth
Origin:
Makebate stems from the Middle English word bate which meant "contention".