Altercate

v. i.

1.

To contend in words; to dispute with zeal, heat, or anger; to wrangle. [imp. & p. p. Altercated; p. pr. & vb. n. Altercating.]

Verb

1.

altercate - have a disagreement over something; "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America"; "These tewo fellows are always scrapping over something" Synonyms: argufy, quarrel, scrap, dispute

argue, argufy, brawl, contend, debate, dispute, fall out, fence, polemicise, polemicize, polemise, polemize, quarrel, scrap, spat, wrangle