Definition of dispute

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Dispute (v. t.) 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..

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Clincher :: Clincher (n.) That which ends a dispute or controversy; a decisive argument.
Contend :: Contend (v. i.) To strive in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.
Word :: Word (v. i.) To use words, as in discussion; to argue; to dispute..
Autocrat :: Autocrat (a.) One who rules with undisputed sway in any company or relation; a despot.
Spat :: Spat (v. i.) To dispute.
Pioned :: Pioned (a.) A Shakespearean word of disputed meaning; perh., abounding in marsh marigolds..
Dispute :: Dispute (v. t.) To strive or contend about; to contest.
Debate :: Debate (v. t.) To contend for in words or arguments; to strive to maintain by reasoning; to dispute; to contest; to discuss; to argue for and against.
Controversy :: Controversy (n.) Contention; dispute; debate; discussion; agitation of contrary opinions.
Brangle :: Brangle (v. i.) To wrangle; to dispute contentiously; to squabble.
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..
Disputable :: Disputable (v. i.) Capable of being disputed; liable to be called in question, controverted, or contested; or doubtful certainty or propriety; controvertible; as, disputable opinions, propositions, points, or questions..
Oblocutor :: Oblocutor (n.) A disputer; a gainsayer.
Contest :: Contest (n.) Earnest dispute; strife in argument; controversy; debate; altercation.
Take :: Take (v. t.) To admit, as, something presented to the mind; not to dispute; to allow; to accept; to receive in thought; to entertain in opinion; to understand; to interpret; to regard or look upon; to consider; to suppose; as, to take a thing for granted; this I take to be man's motive; to take men for spies..
Elenchize :: Elenchize (v. i.) To dispute.
Umpire :: Umpire (v. t.) To decide as umpire; to arbitrate; to settle, as a dispute..
Antilegomena :: Antilegomena (n. pl.) Certain books of the New Testament which were for a time not universally received, but which are now considered canonical. These are the Epistle to the Hebrews, the Epistles of James and Jude, the second Epistle of Peter, the second and third Epistles of John, and the Revelation. The undisputed books are called the Homologoumena..
Chevisance :: Chevisance (n.) A bargain or contract; an agreement about a matter in dispute, such as a debt; a business compact..
Indisputable :: Indisputable (a.) Not disputable; incontrovertible; too evident to admit of dispute.
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