Past tense of altercate; engaged in a heated argument or quarrel.
Simple past tense of altercate, formed by adding -ed. Maintains the Latin root altercari (to dispute) in its historical verb form.
Victorian novels are full of characters who 'altercated'—creating a vivid sense of formal, theatrical argument that goes beyond mere disagreement into performative conflict.
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