DISPUTANT Dis"pu*tant, a. Etym: [L. disputants, p. pr. of disputare: cf. F. disputant. See Dispute, v. i.]
Defn: Disputing; engaged in controversy. Milton.
DISPUTANT
Dis"pu*tant, n.
Defn: One who disputes; one who argues
A singularly eager, acute, and pertinacious disputant. Macaulay.
DISPUTATION Dis`pu*ta"tion, n. Etym: [OE. desputeson, disputacion, OF. desputeison, F. disputation, fr. L. disputatio. See Dispute, v. i.]
1. The act of disputing; a reasoning or argumentation in opposition to something, or on opposite sides; controversy in words; verbal contest respecting the truth of some fact, opinion, proposition, or argument.
2. A rhetorical exercise in which parties reason in opposition to each other on some question proposed.
DISPUTATIOUS
Dis`pu*ta"tious, a.
Defn: Inclined to dispute; apt to civil or controvert; characterized by dispute; as, a disputatious person or temper. The Christian doctrine of a future life was no recommendation of the new religion to the wits and philosophers of that disputations period. Buckminster. — Dis`pu*ta"tious*ly, adv. — Dis`pu*ta"tious*ness, n.
DISPUTATIVE
Dis*put"a*tive, a. Etym: [L. disputativus.]