De*bate"ment (?), n. [Cf. OF. debatement a beating.] Controversy; deliberation; debate. [R.]
A serious question and debatement with myself.
Milton.
De*bat"er (?), n. One who debates; one given to argument; a disputant; a controvertist.
Debate where leisure serves with dull debaters.
Shak.
De*bat"ing, n. The act of discussing or arguing; discussion.
Debating society or club, a society or club for the purpose of debate and improvement in extemporaneous speaking.
De*bat"ing*ly, adv. In the manner of a debate.
De*bauch" (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Debauched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Debauching.] [F. débaucher, prob. originally, to entice away from the workshop; pref. dé- (L. dis- or de) + OF. bauche, bauge, hut, cf. F. bauge lair of a wild boar; prob. from G. or Icel., cf. Icel. blkr. See Balk, n.] To lead away from purity or excellence; to corrupt in character or principles; to mar; to vitiate; to pollute; to seduce; as, to debauch one's self by intemperance; to debauch a woman; to debauch an army.
Learning not debauched by ambition.
Burke.
A man must have got his conscience thoroughly debauched and hardened before he can arrive to the height of sin.
South.
Her pride debauched her judgment and her eyes.
Cowley.
De*bauch", n. [Cf. F. débauche.] 1. Excess in eating or drinking; intemperance; drunkenness; lewdness; debauchery.
The first physicians by debauch were made.
Dryden.