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Dispute   /dɪspjˈut/   Listen
Dispute

noun
1.
A disagreement or argument about something important.  Synonyms: conflict, difference, difference of opinion.  "There were irreconcilable differences" , "The familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats"
2.
Coming into conflict with.  Synonym: contravention.
verb
(past & past part. disputed; pres. part. disputing)
1.
Take exception to.  Synonyms: challenge, gainsay.
2.
Have a disagreement over something.  Synonyms: altercate, argufy, quarrel, scrap.  "These two fellows are always scrapping over something"






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"Dispute" Quotes from Famous Books



... which, strange to say, in no wise lessened his popularity among the serfs, occurred a month or two later. One of his leading passions was the chase,—especially the chase in his own forests, with from one to two hundred men, and no one to dispute his Lordship. On such occasions, a huge barrel of wine, mounted upon a sled, always accompanied the crowd, and the quantity which the hunters received depended upon the satisfaction of Prince Alexis with ...
— Beauty and The Beast, and Tales From Home • Bayard Taylor

... some of the boys were so unskilled that they had not even drawn correctly the outlines of the dark patches about which there was no dispute. ...
— To Mars via The Moon - An Astronomical Story • Mark Wicks

... charmant!" cried some of the fair sex, who, as well as the men, had been attracted by, and were listening to the dispute. "Que Monsieur l'Anglais est drole: et voyez Moustache, comme il a l'air content—vraiment c'est un ...
— The King's Own • Captain Frederick Marryat

... many of them with a distinctly bad cause. Even in the present day, and among Christian nations, there is far too little tendency to appeal to arbitration, which is the only legitimate way for reasonable men to settle any dispute or quarrel. Does your sympathy go with ...
— The Rover of the Andes - A Tale of Adventure on South America • R.M. Ballantyne

... in Virginia now? Between the men who want to make their slaves mechanics, for the increased wages it will secure, and the men who oppose, for fear of the influence it will have on the general security of slave property and white throats. Just that dispute will go on, wherever the Union is dissolved. Slavery comes to an end by the laws of trade. Hang up your Sharpe's rifle, my valorous friend! The slave does not ask the help of your musket. He only says, like old Diogenes to Alexander, "Stand out of my light!" Just take your awkward proportions, you ...
— The American Union Speaker • John D. Philbrick


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