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Dispute   /dɪspjˈut/   Listen
noun
Dispute  n.  
1.
Verbal controversy; contest by opposing argument or expression of opposing views or claims; controversial discussion; altercation; debate. "Addicted more To contemplation and profound dispute."
2.
Contest; struggle; quarrel.
Beyond dispute, Without dispute, indisputably; incontrovertibly.
Synonyms: Altercation; controversy; argumentation; debate; discussion; quarrel; disagreement; difference; contention; wrangling. See Altercation.



verb
Dispute  v. t.  
1.
To make a subject of disputation; to argue pro and con; to discuss. "The rest I reserve it be disputed how the magistrate is to do herein."
2.
To oppose by argument or assertion; to attempt to overthrow; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of; as, to dispute assertions or arguments. "To seize goods under the disputed authority of writs of assistance."
3.
To strive or contend about; to contest. "To dispute the possession of the ground with the Spaniards."
4.
To struggle against; to resist. (Obs.) "Dispute it (grief) like a man."
Synonyms: To controvert; contest; gainsay; doubt; question; argue; debate; discuss; impugn. See Argue.



Dispute  v. i.  (past & past part. disputed; pres. part. disputing)  To contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another; to discuss; to reason; to debate; to altercate; to wrangle. "Therefore disputed (reasoned,) he in synagogue with the Jews."






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"Dispute" Quotes from Famous Books



... to Mr. Blyth. I leave it to reach his hands through you; because I am ashamed to communicate with him directly, as from myself. If what you said about my child be the truth—and I cannot dispute it—then, in my ignorance of her identity, in my estrangement from the house of her protector since she first entered it, I have unconsciously committed such an offense against Mr. Blyth as no contrition can ever ...
— Hide and Seek • Wilkie Collins

... island of Tahiti was under the protection of the English, but at present it is under that of the French. It had long been a subject of dispute between the two nations, until a friendly understanding was at last come to in November, 1846. Queen Pomare, who had fled to another island, had returned to Papeiti five weeks before my arrival. She resides in a four-roomed house, and dines daily, with her family, at ...
— A Woman's Journey Round the World • Ida Pfeiffer

... as commander of two vessels on a voyage of discovery to the South Seas; on his return, receiving further promotion, he set out on a third voyage of farther exploration in the Pacific, making many discoveries as far N. as Behring Strait; lost his life, on his way home, in a dispute with the natives, at Owhyhee, in the Sandwich Islands, being savagely murdered, a fate which befell him owing to a certain quickness of temper he had displayed, otherwise he was a man of great kindness of heart, and his men were warmly attached ...
— The Nuttall Encyclopaedia - Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge • Edited by Rev. James Wood

... Collegetown, but at least you know about where Robinson stands in the athletic world, and you know that as an institution of learning it is in the front rank of the smaller colleges; in fact, in certain lines it might dispute the place of honor with some ...
— Behind the Line • Ralph Henry Barbour

... terror of your name and the threat of Church censures prevailed. At last, since I could do nothing else, it seemed good that I should offer at least a gentle resistance to them, i. e., question and discuss their teachings. Therefore I published a set of theses, inviting only the more learned to dispute with me if they wished; as should be evident, even to my adversaries, from ...
— Works of Martin Luther - With Introductions and Notes (Volume I) • Martin Luther


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