disputeless
verb (used without object)
1.
to engage in argument or debate.
2.
to argue vehemently; wrangle or quarrel.
verb (used with object)
3.
to argue or debate about; discuss.
4.
to argue against; call in question: to dispute a proposal.
5.
to quarrel or fight about; contest.
6.
to strive against; oppose: to dispute an advance of troops.
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noun
7.
a debate, controversy, or difference of opinion.
8.
a wrangling argument; quarrel.
Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English (< Anglo-French, Old French desputer) < Latin disputāre to argue a point, equivalent to dis- dis-1 + putāre to reckon, consider; see putative
1275–1325; Middle English (< Anglo-French, Old French desputer) < Latin disputāre to argue a point, equivalent to dis- dis-1 + putāre to reckon, consider; see putative
Related forms
dis·pute·less, adjective
dis·put·er, noun
pre·dis·pute, noun, verb, pre·dis·put·ed, pre·dis·put·ing.
re·dis·pute, verb, re·dis·put·ed, re·dis·put·ing.
un·dis·put·ed, adjective
Synonyms
2. bicker, squabble. 8. disputation, altercation, wrangle, bickering, squabble. See argument.
2. bicker, squabble. 8. disputation, altercation, wrangle, bickering, squabble. See argument.
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| dispute | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to argue, debate, or quarrel about (something) |
| 2. | (tr; may take a clause as object) to doubt the validity, etc, of |
| 3. | (tr) to seek to win; contest for |
| 4. | (tr) to struggle against; resist |
| —n | |
| 5. | an argument or quarrel |
| [C13: from Late Latin disputāre to contend verbally, from Latin: to discuss, from | |
| dis'puter | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
dispute
early 13c., from O.Fr. desputer (12c.), from L. disputare "examine, discuss, argue," from dis- "separately" + putare "to count, consider," originally "to prune" (see pave). Used in Vulgate in sense of "to argue, contend with words." Related: Disputed; disputing.
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