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Definition of Makebate
1. n. One who excites contentions and quarrels.
Definition of Makebate
1. Noun. One who excites contentions and quarrels; an instigator. ¹
2. Noun. A plant, ''Jasminum fruticans''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Makebate
1. one that encourages quarrels [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Makebate
Literary usage of Makebate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1845)
"... of olde Martin Marre-prelate, the great makebate of England, and father of
the Factions. ... makebate ..."
2. The Bible Word-book: A Glossary of Archaic Words and Phrases in the by Jonathan Eastwood, William Aldis Wright (1884)
"... makebate, sb. (2 Tim. iii. 3 tu). A causer of strife. Satan, the author and
sower of discord, stirred up his instruments (certain Frenchmen, ..."
3. The British Essayists; with Prefaces, Historical and Biographical, by Alexander Chalmers (1809)
"ELIZABETH makebate, of the parish of St. Catherine's, spinster, was indicted for
surreptitiously taking away the hassock from under the lady Grave-Airs, ..."
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