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2 definitions found 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: disputed adj : open to debate [syn: {moot}]
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