Definitions for makebate

makebate make·bate

Spelling: [meyk-beyt]
IPA: /ˈmeɪkˌbeɪt/

Makebate is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 141 anagrams from letters in makebate (aabeekmt).

Definitions for makebate

noun

  1. a person who causes contention or discord.

Origin of makebate

1520-30; make1 + bate contention, discord (Middle English, derivative of baten to fight, strive; see bate

Examples for makebate

But after all he pays well that pays with gold; and Mike Lambourne was never a makebate, or a spoil-sport, or the like.

makebate (IP315,d), busybody, breeder of strife "a discordant element."

Barillon was therefore directed to act, with all possible precautions against detection, the part of a makebate.

Word Value for makebate
Scrable

16

Words with friends

18

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