(intransitive) to contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another. / (transitive) to make a subject of disputation; to argue pro and con; to discuss

A participant in a dispute.

Disputing; engaged in controversy.

Argued; not certain, agreed upon, or accepted. / (of territory) Claimed by more than one sovereign state.

simple past tense and past participle of dispute

plural of dispute

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dispute

One who disputes.

In a disputative manner.

The quality of being disputative.