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dis⋅pute

  [di-spyoot] verb, -put⋅ed, -put⋅ing, noun
Use disputes in a Sentence
–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.
–noun
7. a debate, controversy, or difference of opinion.
8. a wrangling argument; quarrel.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME (< AF, OF desputer) < L disputāre to argue a point, equiv. to dis- dis- 1 + putāre to reckon, consider; see putative

Related forms:
dis⋅pute⋅less, adjective
dis⋅put⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
2. bicker, squabble. 8. disputation, altercation, wrangle, bickering, squabble. See argument.
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dis·pute   (dĭ-spyōōt')   
v.   dis·put·ed, dis·put·ing, dis·putes

v.   tr.
  1. To argue about; debate.
  2. To question the truth or validity of; doubt: Her friends disputed her intentions.
  3. To strive to win (a prize, for example); contest for: Our team disputed the visitors' claim to the championship.
  4. To strive against; resist: disputed the actions of his competitors.
v.   intr.
  1. To engage in discussion or argument; debate. See Synonyms at discuss.
  2. To quarrel angrily.
n.  
  1. A verbal controversy; a debate.
  2. An angry altercation; a quarrel. See Synonyms at argument.

[Middle English disputen, from Old French desputer, from Latin disputāre, to examine : dis-, apart; see dis- + putāre, to reckon; see pau-2 in Indo-European roots.]
dis·put'er n.
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