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▪ I. disputing, vbl. n.|dɪˈspjuːtɪŋ| [f. as prec. + -ing1.] The action of the vb. dispute in various senses; disputation; debate; controversy.
a1225Leg. Kath. 561 Ah ȝet me þuncheð betere Þt ha beo ear ouercumen Wið desputinge. a1250Owl & Night. 875 Ȝif thu gest her-of to disputinge, Ich wepe bet thane thu singe. 1526–34Tindale Acts xv. 2 Ther was rysen dissencion and disputinge. 1548Hall Chron. Hen. VI (an. 28) 159 b, Sober in communicacion, wyse in disputyng. 1649Jer. Taylor Gt. Exemp. Ep. Ded., Such is the nature of disputings, that they begin commonly in mistakes. 1881Mrs. Hunt Childr. Jerus. 111 Hills and rocks stand now as then, regardless of the disputings of East and West. ▪ II. diˈsputing, ppl. a. [f. as prec. + -ing2.] That disputes; given to dispute, disputatious.
1645Milton Tetrach. (1851) 159 Many disputing Theologians. 1691Hartcliffe Virtues 333 The Philosophy of the Disputing Greeks. 1762Goldsm. Cit. W. cxi. ⁋7 The stake, the fagot, and the disputing doctor in some measure ennoble the opinions they are brought to oppose. |