Dispute

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vi Contest; struggle; quarrel.

II. Dispute ·vt To struggle against; to Resist.

III. Dispute ·vt To strive or contend about; to Contest.

IV. Dispute ·vt To make a subject of disputation; to argue pro and con; to Discuss.

V. Dispute ·vi Verbal controversy; contest by opposing argument or expression of opposing views or claims; controversial discussion; altercation; debate.

VI. Dispute ·vt 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.

VII. Dispute ·vi To contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another; to Discuss; to Reason; to Debate; to Altercate; to Wrangle.