Synonyms for disputer
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : dih-spyoot |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈspyut |
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Définition of disputer
Origin :- c.1300, from Old French desputer (12c.) "dispute, fight over, contend for, discuss," from Latin disputare "weigh, examine, discuss, argue, explain," from dis- "separately" (see dis-) + putare "to count, consider," originally "to prune" (see pave).
- Used in Vulgate in sense of "to argue, contend with words." Related: Disputable; disputed; disputing. The noun is not certainly recorded before 1590s (disputacioun in that sense is from late 14c.).
- As in challenger : noun contestant
- As in niggler : noun critic
- As in nitpicker : noun critic
- As in quibbler : noun critic
- As in critic : noun faultfinder, detractor
- Discur′sion, desultory talk: act of reasoning; Discur′sist, a disputer.
- Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) » by Various
- His flock scampered off in a fright, leaving him doggedly eyeing the disputer of his progress.
- Extract from : « An Arkansas Planter » by Opie Percival Read
- The dry logician and the disputer of words he could endure, though he never would waste much time with them.
- Extract from : « Memoir of Rev. Joseph Badger » by Elihu G. Holland
Antonyms for disputer
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