To Debate

1. (transitive, intransitive) To participate in a debate; to dispute, argue, especially in a public arena. [from 14th c.]
2. (obsolete, intransitive) To fight. [14th-17th c.]
3. (obsolete, transitive) To engage in combat for; to strive for.
4. (transitive) To consider (to oneself), to think over, to attempt to decide