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.
Dispute \Dis*pute"\, n. [Cf. F. dispute. See {Dispute}, v. i.] 1. Verbal controversy; contest by opposing argument or expression of opposing views or claims; controversial discussion; altercation; debate.
Addicted more To contemplation and profound dispute. --Milton.
Dispute \Dis*pute"\, v. t. 1. To make a subject of disputation; to argue pro and con; to discuss.
The rest I reserve it be disputed how the magistrate is to do herein. --Milton.
2. To oppose by argument or assertion; to attempt to overthrow; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of; as, to dispute assertions or arguments.
To seize goods under the disputed authority of writs of assistance. --Bancroft.
3. To strive or contend about; to contest.
To dispute the possession of the ground with the Spaniards. --Prescott.
4. To struggle against; to resist. [Obs.]
Dispute it [grief] like a man. --Shak.
Syn: To controvert; contest; gainsay; doubt; question; argue; debate; discuss; impugn. See {Argue}.
The elections remained the main event, but have had to share space in the media with a dispute between the Civic Forum and the Christian Democrats.
West German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher met with Baker in Brussels on Friday to discuss the disarmament dispute and the Soviet proposals.
The dispute between Mrs Patricia Ashmore and other Lloyd's Names and the Corporation of Lloyd's, will be heard by the Court of Appeal in February next year. It has been before the courts since 1988.
However, Ortega on Monday said that the elections would be held as planned, regardless of the resolution of the dispute over the Contras.
An omnibus veterans bill that included the cost-of-living increase died in the last Congress because of a dispute over benefits for Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent Orange.
The entire dispute settlement process of the WTO, one of the main US objectives in the launch of the Uruguay Round, could thus be put at risk.
Abbott Laboratories said a preliminary injunction enjoining it from selling several products at the center of a patent dispute with Eli Lilly & Co.'s Hybritech Inc. unit won't have a significant impact on future sales or earnings.
But union general counsel Robert Hart said such a compromise was unacceptable and would not settle the dispute as the 12:01 a.m. Thursday strike deadline loomed.
Ashland officials worked to settle the dispute for almost a decade.
A spokeswoman for Northern States Power said the company asked the district court in Hennepin County, Minn., to resolve a contract-interpretation dispute between the two companies.
One Japanese official described the talks as "heated" and said neither side had changed its position on the territorial dispute.
A federal district court in California issued a preliminary injunction against Home Box Office's HBO Video division in November, prohibiting it from distributing the tapes until the legal dispute between Vestron and Hemdale is resolved.
The Wellcome-Genentech dispute may have important repercussions for other products and companies in the fledgling market for genetically engineered drugs.
The Kuwaitis took an especially tough line toward Iraq, which seized the oil-rich country in a bitter dispute that challenges Kuwait's right to survive as a nation.
The dispute reached its peak last week when a Sephardi militant, Yamin Suissa, announced he sent a telegram to President Mikhail S. Gorbachev and President Bush, asking them to curb the Soviet Jewish exodus.
It now proposes turning the dispute over to a court-appointed mediator.
Other unions will doubtless follow suit, as they did last week when they walked out of a national negotiating meeting at the Justice Ministry. After last week's setback, the French government has been trying to break the dispute area by area.
If the office finds that unfair practices do exist and the dispute cannot be resolved through negotiations or the GATT machinery, it recommends action to the president.
LONDON Underground's management was yesterday preparing to take a tough line if workers carry out their threat to strike next week over job cuts and a new pay and conditions package. The management is determined to win the dispute at any cost.
But the appeals from the five Soviet republics about Nagorno-Karabakh seemed designed to serve as a reason for the national government in Moscow to act on the simmering territorial dispute.
Even the fabricators that fit glass into window sashes or install windows on construction projects often are beholden to makers, some say. Japanese executives dispute that.
But this dispute is just the latest round in a seemingly endless struggle between the two neighbors.
Blum was arrested in a dispute with police at Riverfront Stadium immediately after the Cincinnati Reds' 5-4 victory over the Oakland Athletics.
The wildcat walkouts began June 12 in support of 1,900 union members on strike against the Pittston Coal Group Inc. in a contract dispute.
Schlueter, whose coalition includes the Liberals and Social Liberals, called the vote to settle a minor dispute with the main opposition Social Democrats on economic policy and taxes.
The labor dispute began Sept. 18 when Castle & Cooke sold one of its plants to independent packers and transferred the workers without giving them salary increases.
With so much uncertainty surrounding the political situation in Japan, an early resolution of the trade dispute between the US and Japan cannot be expected.
The dispute is developing into one that neither side can afford to lose.
A rending dispute over economic reforms has unsettled many people, who see no improvements in their life styles but hear increasingly about threatened inflation and mass unemployment.
The dispute, because it involves a high-technology product with the potential for big sales, is considered a major test case in the administration's new efforts to break down trade barriers in Japan.