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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dispute \Dis*pute"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Disputed}; p. pr &
vb n. {Disputing}.] [OE. desputen disputen, OF desputer,
disputer, F. disputer, from L. disputare disputatum dis- +
putare to clean; hence fig., to clear up set in order
reckon, think. See {Putative}, {Pure}.]
To contend in argument; to argue against something
maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another; to discuss; to
reason; to debate; to altercate; to wrangle.
Therefore disputed [reasoned, --Rev. Ver.] he in
synagogue with the Jews. --Acts xvii.
17.
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