Definition of dispute

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Dispute (v. i.) To contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another; to discuss; to reason; to debate; to altercate; to wrangle..

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Chevisance :: Chevisance (n.) A bargain or contract; an agreement about a matter in dispute, such as a debt; a business compact..
Fine :: Fine (n.) A sum of money paid as the settlement of a claim, or by way of terminating a matter in dispute; especially, a payment of money imposed upon a party as a punishment for an offense; a mulct..
Odds :: Odds (a.) Quarrel; dispute; debate; strife; -- chiefly in the phrase at odds.
Contend :: Contend (v. i.) To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
Contestation :: Contestation (n.) The act of contesting; emulation; rivalry; strife; dispute.
Oblocutor :: Oblocutor (n.) A disputer; a gainsayer.
Dispute :: Dispute (v. i.) Verbal controversy; contest by opposing argument or expression of opposing views or claims; controversial discussion; altercation; debate.
Contend :: Contend (v. i.) To strive in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.
Disputative :: Disputative (a.) Disposed to dispute; inclined to cavil or to reason in opposition; as, a disputative temper..
Prejudication :: Prejudication (n.) A preliminary inquiry and determination about something which belongs to a matter in dispute.
Strive :: Strive (v. i.) To struggle in opposition; to be in contention or dispute; to contend; to contest; -- followed by against or with before the person or thing opposed; as, strive against temptation; strive for the truth..
Quarrel :: Quarrel (v. i.) To dispute angrily, or violently; to wrangle; to scold; to altercate; to contend; to fight..
Inconclusive :: Inconclusive (a.) Not conclusive; leading to no conclusion; not closing or settling a point in debate, or a doubtful question; as, evidence is inconclusive when it does not exhibit the truth of a disputed case in such a manner as to satisfy the mind, and put an end to debate or doubt..
Wrangler :: Wrangler (n.) An angry disputant; one who disputes with heat or peevishness.
Chaffer :: Chaffer (n.) To treat or dispute about a purchase; to bargain; to haggle or higgle; to negotiate.
Dissert :: Dissert (v. i.) To discourse or dispute; to discuss.
Contest :: Contest (v. t.) To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist; as a claim, by course of law; to controvert..
Contention :: Contention (n.) Strife in words; controversy; altercation; quarrel; dispute; as, a bone of contention..
Variance :: Variance (n.) Difference that produce dispute or controversy; disagreement; dissension; discord; dispute; quarrel.
Squid :: Squib (v. i.) To throw squibs; to utter sarcatic or severe reflections; to contend in petty dispute; as, to squib a little debate..
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