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debatedverbpast tense of debate to give serious and careful thought tostill debating what to do chewed over, cogitated, considered, contemplated, deliberated, entertained, eyed, kicked around, meditated, mulled (over), perpended, pondered, pored (over), questioned, revolved, ruminated, studied, thought (about or over), turned, weighed, wrestled (with) mused (upon), reflected (on or upon), reminiscedanalyzed, explored, reviewedconcluded, reasonedsecond-guessed, speculated (about)brooded (about or over), dwelled (on or upon)(or dwelt (on or upon)), fixated (on or upon), fretted (about or over), obsessed (about or over)believed, conceived, opinedabsorbed, assimilated, digested, drank (in) beat one's brains out (about), chewed on, cudgeled one's brains (about), looked at disregarded, ignored, overlooked, slighteddismissed, pooh-poohed(also poohed), rejected to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinionwe debated the advantages versus the disadvantages of the proposed waterfront development agitated, argued, bandied, batted (around or back and forth), canvassed(also canvased), discussed, disputed, hashed (over or out), mooted, talked over reviewed, spoke (about), talked (about)broached, introduced, propounded, raised, stirred upforged, hammered out, talked out, thrashed (out), wrestled (with)chewed over, considered, deliberated, weighed |