Disputer

1dis;pute pronunciation: function: verb inflected form(s): dis;put;ed; dis;put;ingetymology: middle english, from anglo-french desputer, from latin disputare to discuss, from dis- + putare to thinkdate: 13th centuryintransitive verb : to engage in argument : debate; especially : to argue irritably or with irritating persistencetransitive verb 1 a : to make the subject of disputation lt;legislators hotly disputed the billgt; b : to call into question lt;her honesty was never disputedgt;2 a : to struggle against : oppose lt;disputed the advance of the invadersgt; b : to contend over lt;both sides disputed the bridgeheadgt;— dis;put;able adjective — dis;put;ably adverb — dis;put;er noun