disputen.
/dɪˈspjuːt/ 1.
a. The act of disputing or arguing against; active verbal contention, controversy, debate.In first quot. almost certainly the infinitive of the verb.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > [noun]
mootingOE
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a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 20793 Disput, he [sc. St. Jerome] sais, es na mister.]
1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 74 Without more dispute or delay [he] commands them all to execution.
1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. iii. 38 He was visited by his friends, with whom he past the time in dispute after his usuall manner.
1746 J. Wesley Princ. Methodist farther Explain'd 8 That once was in the Heat of Dispute.
1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. i. 14 It is a common matter of dispute whether landed estates should be large or small.
1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 31 We may make a few admissions which will narrow the field of dispute.
b. in dispute: that is disputed, debated, in controversy. beyond, out of, past, without dispute: past controversy, unquestionably, indisputably.
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1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age ii. i. xxiv. 225 The Kingdom of Bohemia was..put out of dispute with Silesia, and Moravia.
1682 J. Dryden Mac Flecknoe 3 Flecknoe..In Prose and Verse was own'd without Dispute Through all the realms of Nonsense, Absolute.
1694 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding (new ed.) ii. i. 44 To bring, as a proof..an Hypothesis, which is the very thing in dispute.
1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 405 A thing beyond dispute.
1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 152 We, who could without Dispute sail much better.
1781 W. Cowper Truth 106 Which is the saintlier worthy of the two? ‘Past all dispute, yon anchorite’, say you.
1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. iv. vii. 263 The..necessity of such a fund..was pronounced to be without dispute.
1825 T. B. Macaulay Milton in Edinb. Rev. Aug. 328 To call a free Parliament, and to submit to its decision all the matters in dispute.
2. † b. An oral or written discussion of a subject in which arguments for and against are set forth and examined. Obsolete.† c. A logical argument. Obsolete. rare.
a. An occasion or instance of the same; an argumentative contention or debate, a controversy; also, in weakened sense, a difference of opinion; frequently with the added notion of vehemence, a heated contention, a quarrel.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > [noun] > instance of
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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Dispute, a dispute, difference, debate, altercation.
1637 W. Prynne in Briefe Relat. Censure Bastwicke, Burton & Prynne 19 If I may be admitted a fayre dispute, on fayre termes,..I will maintaine..the challenge against all the Prelates.
1696 tr. J. Dumont New Voy. Levant 17 Being engag'd in a pretty warm dispute with some Officers.
1776 Trial Maha Rajah Nundocomar for Forgery 96/1 There was a dispute between Bollakey Doss's widow and Pudmohun Doss.
1805 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. V. 256 Disputes arose between [them] respecting the validity of this will.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xvii Disputes engender disputes.
1896 N.E.D. at Dispute Mod. The dispute in the trade will, it is hoped, be settled without a strike.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > treatise or dissertation > [noun]
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1608 Dispute Question of Kneeling 165 Thus..am I come to an end of this dispute.
1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. iii. 107 He was the first that committed the disputes of Socrates his Master to writing.
1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. i. 21 His Lectures and Disputes concerning the Immortality of the Soul.
1725 D. Cotes tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. 17th Cent. I. v. 65 The Name also of Dispute was given to Sermons.
1855 D. Brewster Mem. Life I. Newton (new ed.) II. xv. 62 Trying to engage him in philosophical disputes.
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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > argument, source of conviction > [noun]
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1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie iii. xi. 166 I might haue added..their more familiar and popular disputes.
1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie iii. xi. 160 These are but weake and feeble disputes for the inference of that conclusion.
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society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [noun]
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1647 C. Cotterell & W. Aylesbury tr. E. C. Davila Hist. Civill Warres France i. 50 Mazeres and Raunay..were taken prisoners without much dispute.
1659 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age ii. ii. xvi. 282 After four houres dispute, the Dutch endeavoured to get away.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 123 He who in debate of Truth hath won, Should win in Arms, in both disputes alike Victor. View more context for this quotation
1709 London Gaz. No. 4540/5 The Bristol had a very warm Dispute with the aforesaid 2 Ships of the Enemy.
a1745 J. Swift Reign of Stephen in Lett. (1768) IV. 297 The Scots..were..after a sharp dispute, entirely defeated.
4. attributive, as dispute benefit, dispute pay, pay to members of a trades' union while on strike or locked out.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [noun] > payments made by trade unions
strike paya1878
sacrifice allowance1891
dispute benefit1892
1892 Star 1 Mar. 3/3 They have been receiving dispute pay from their union.
1895 Daily News 19 Aug. 5/2 Three-quarters of a million on dispute benefits, half a million on out-of-work benefits.
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disputev.
/dɪˈspjuːt/ I. intransitive.† 2. To contend otherwise than with arguments (e.g. with arms); to strive, struggle. Obsolete.
1. c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 94/72 For-to desputi a-ȝein a ȝong womman.c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. v. metr. iv. 166 Þe porche..of þe toune of athenis þer as philosophres hadde hir congregacioun to dispoyten.c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) Introd. 15 As if two persones dispitiden to gidre.1552 T. Wilson Rule of Reason (rev. ed.) sig. Bi Foure questions necessary to bee made of any matter, before we dispute.1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. i. 62 Thou disputes like an Infant: goe whip thy Gigg. View more context for this quotation1660 Bp. J. Taylor Worthy Communicant Introd. 10 My purpose is not to dispute but to persuade.1766 J. Fordyce Serm. Young Women II. xi. 237 Be it your ambition to practise, not to dispute about it.1845 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany (ed. 2) I. 445 He..took long journeys,—for example, to Vienna and Bologna,—expressly to dispute there.c1305 Edmund Conf. 255 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 77 As þis holi man in diuinite Desputede, as hit was his wone, of þe trinite.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 8970 Quen þat þis sibele and þe kyng Disputed had o mani thing.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Coll. Phys.) l. 19739 Paul..faste disputid wiþ þe griues.a1420 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 379 Of our feithe wole I not dispute at alle.1539 Bible (Great) Acts ix. 29 He spake and disputed agaynst the Grekes.1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. iii. 63 Let me dispute with thee of thy estate. View more context for this quotationa1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1623) i. ii. 76 Ile haue't disputed on.1631 in S. R. Gardiner Rep. Cases Star Chamber & High Comm. (1886) 58 My Lord Keeper tould him it was noe tyme to dispute with the sentence, but to obey.1648 E. Symmons Vindic. King Charles (new ed.) i. 5 A Bill was preferred, and disputed upon, concerning a Fleet.1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. iii. 6 Whosoever disputed with him of what subject soever.1773 S. Johnson Let. 8 May (1992) II. 30 I dined in a large company..yesterday, and disputed against toleration with one Doctor Meyer.1847 R. W. Emerson Napoleon in Wks. (1906) I. 378 The Emperor told Josephine that he disputed like a devil on these two points.
a. To contend with opposing arguments or assertions; to debate or discourse argumentatively; to discuss, argue, hold disputation; often, to debate in a vehement manner or with altercation about something.
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society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > quarrel [verb (intransitive)]
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varyc1450
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to fall out1470
to set (or fall) at variancec1522
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square1530
to break a straw1542
to be or to fall at (a) square1545
to fall at jar1552
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > contend, dispute, argue [verb (intransitive)]
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to fend and prove?1578
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to bandy words1828
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a1225 [implied in: Leg. Kath. 561 Ah ȝet me þuncheð betere Þt ha beo ear ouercumen Wið desputinge. (at disputing n.)].
b. Const. about, †against, †of, on, upon a subject; with, against an opponent.
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a1250 [implied in: Owl & Night. 875 Ȝif thu gest her-of to disputinge, Ich wepe bet thane thu singe. (at disputing n.)].
c1290 [see sense 1a]. ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > contend [verb (intransitive)]
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1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age i. iv. xx. 136 He lost yet three Regiments more; whereby he was taught..that he must dispute lustily, to get any advantage upon him.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 141 Simon felt a momentary terror, lest he should have to dispute for his life with the youth.
II. transitive.† 4. To maintain, uphold, or defend (an assertion, cause, etc.) by argument or disputation; to argue or contend (that something is so). ? Obsolete.
3. To discuss, debate, or argue (a question).
a. with subordinate clause.(Originally intransitive, the clause being a kind of cognate object, specifying the matter in dispute (cf. ‘I dreamed that I saw’, etc.); but at length transitive, and so passive in quots. 1736, 1850.)
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > hold discussions about, debate [verb (transitive)]
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spar1744
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 79 Þe yealde filozofes þet zuo byzylyche desputede and zoȝten huet wes þe heȝeste guod ine þise lyue.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Mark ix. 33 Thei disputiden among hem in the weie, who of hem schulde be more.
a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 37 To dyspute wych of thys rulys ys best..me semyth superfluouse.
1692 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 2) i. 51 I will not dispute what Gravity is.
1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. ii. i It may possibly be disputed, how far Miracles can prove natural Religion.
1833 H. Martineau Briery Creek iv. 86 How long will the two parties go on disputing whether luxury be a virtue or a crime?
1850 J. McCosh Method Divine Govt. (1874) iii. i. 331 It has often been disputed whether virtue has its seat among the faculties or the feelings.
b. with simple object (originally representing or equivalent to a clause).
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1526 Bible (Tyndale) Mark ix. f. lviij What was that ye disputed bytwene you by the waye?
a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 51/1 He said vnto her..that he woulde no lenger dispute the matter.
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 553 Many doubts were moved and disputed.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 400 Can he speake? heare? Know man, from man? Dispute, his owne estate? View more context for this quotation
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 822 Shalt thou dispute With him the points of libertie, who made Thee what thou art..? View more context for this quotation
1820 W. Scott Abbot III. x. 342 We may dispute it upon the road.
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the mind > language > statement > maintaining or upholding as true > maintain or uphold as true [verb (transitive)]
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1610 G. Carleton Iurisdict. Pref. I haue disputed the Kings right with a good conscience, from the rules of Gods word.
1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) i. i. 3 The vapor growing into the like nature..as Casserus rightly disputes.
1726 J. Swift Cadenus & Vanessa 17 And those, she offer'd to dispute, Alone distinguish'd Man from Brute.
5. To argue against, contest, controvert.
a. To call in question or contest the validity or accuracy of a statement, etc., or the existence of a thing. The opposite of to maintain or defend.
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the mind > language > statement > objection > object [verb (transitive)] > dispute or call in question
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contestate?1572
to controverse in question1602
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to call upon ——1746
a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 71/2 Sith he is now king..I purpose not to dispute his title.
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxix. 168 Men are disposed to..dispute the commands of the Commonwealth.
1701 D. Defoe True-born Englishman Pref. As to Vices, who can dispute our Intemperance?
1770 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xxxvii. 75 The truth of these declarations..cannot decently be disputed.
1783 W. Cowper Verses by A. Selkirk i I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute.
1824 J. S. Mill in Westm. Rev. 1 535 No one..will dispute to Johnson the title of an admirer of Shakspeare.
1885 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 15 173 A bill of sale..the validity of which is disputed by the trustee.
b. To controvert (a person).
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > refute, disprove [verb (transitive)]
answerOE
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1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) III. 114 To dispute him here, is to question foundations.
1709 J. Reynolds Death's Vision viii. Notes 33 He wou'd Dispute the Devil upon that Question.
1845 T. W. Coit Puritanism 280 Belknap could dispute Hutchinson about the quarrelsomeness of the Puritans in Holland.
6. To encounter, oppose, contest, strive against, resist (an action, etc.).
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)]
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to go again ——OE
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again-goc1275
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to go against ——a1382
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overthwart?a1425
to put (also set) one's face againsta1425
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to take again ——c1425
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to take against ——a1450
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to set shoulder against1551
to fly in the face of1553
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to set one's hand against1635
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to come across ——1653
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to cross upon (or on)1661
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retroact?1761
controvert1782
react1795
to set against ——1859
appose-
a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iv. iii. 221 Dispute it like a man. View more context for this quotation
1720 T. Gordon & J. Trenchard Independent Whig No. 36 [He] shall find no Mercy, if he disputes to bend to their Usurpations.
1737 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1851) IV. 251 Threatening to shoot the said Lowdon if he disputed doing what was required of him.
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. xii. 265 They..seemed resolved to dispute his landing.
1884 Liverpool Mercury 3 Mar. 5/2 The Soudanese..chose Teb..as the ground upon which to dispute the advance of the British troops on Tokar.
7. To contend or compete for the possession of; to contest a prize, victory, etc.
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society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > compete with [verb (transitive)] > compete for
to make strife1530
dispute1655
contest1726
opposea1822
to race off1897
1655 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa IV. ii. vii. 725 If Parthenissa had bin a Spectator, she must have confest hir self too-well disputed.
1705 tr. W. Bosman New Descr. Coast of Guinea ii. 14 The English..several times disputed the Ground with the Brandenburghers.
1758 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. (ed. 4) V. 8 The poets disputed the prize of poetry.
1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. III. lxi. 328 The battle of Warsaw..had been obstinately disputed during the space of three days.
1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) IV. xvii. 47 We..wonder..that every inch of ground was not disputed in arms.
III. To influence by disputation.
8. To move or influence by disputation; to argue into or out of something. [Immediately from the intransitive sense 1; compare ‘to talk any one into’ or ‘out of’.]
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the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > persuade (a person) [verb (transitive)] > persuade or prevail upon > by arguing contention
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dispute1647
syllogize1718
1647 Bp. J. Taylor Θεολογία Ἐκλεκτική Ep. Ded. 3 It would not be very hard to dispute such men into mercies and compliances.
1652 M. Nedham tr. J. Selden Of Dominion of Sea Ep. Ded. 5 To assert his own Interest and dispute them into a reasonable submission.
1695 Preserv. Protest. Relig. Motive of Revolution 12 The Roman Catholics would have disputed us out of our Religion.
1705 F. Atterbury Serm. St. James's Chapel 22 One Reason why..a Man is capable of being disputed out of the Truth.
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