Disputer

One who disputes; a controvertist; a caviller; a disputant; as, "vehement disputers against the heathen idolatry." Disqualifica'tion, n. disability or deprivation of legal capacity; as, a disquali. fication for voting at elections. That which disqualifies, or renders unsuitable, unfit, or inadequate; as, the dis qualification of an imbecile. - Want of qualification. Disqualify, v. a. To divest of qualifications, or the qualities and properties nece ary for any purpose; to make or render unfit; to disable; to incapacitate; generally preceding for. "My deafne utterly disqualifies me for conversation."- Swift . -To make legally unfit; to deprive of legal capacity, action, or right; to disable by social or legal impediment: as, a disqualified juror. Disquiet, (dis- kwi'et ,) a. Unquiet; uneasy; restle . -n. Want of quiet; uneasine ; restle ne ; want of tranquillity in body or mind; disturbance; care; anxiety. -v. a. To deprive of ease or quiet: to disturb; to render uneasy or restle ; to take away peace, rest, or tranquillity from. "By anger and impatience the mind is disquieted ." - Duppa. Disqui'eter, n. One who, or that which, disquiets, makes uneasy, or hara es. Disquietly, adv . Anxiously; uneasily; restle ly; as, to repose disquietly . Disquietne , n . State of being disquieted; uneasine ; disturbance; as, "Riches, root of all disquietne ." Spenser. Disqui'etude, n . [ Dis , and L. Lat. quietudo, from quies , rest. See QUIET.] Want of peace or tranquillity; uneasine ; disturbance; agitation; anxiety. Disquisition, (dis-kwe-zish'un,) n. [Fr., from Lat. disquisitio , from disquiro - dis , and quæro , quæsitus , to seek. See QUEST.] Diligent inquiry or investigation; a formal mode of instituting inquiry into any subject, by arguments, or discu ion of the facts and circumstances that may elucidate truth; systematic di ertation or examination; treatise; e ay; as, "For grave disquisition he was not well qualified." - Macaulay . Disquisitional, a . Pertaining, or relating to, or suggesting, disquisition. Disquisitionary, a . Tending to disquisition. Disquisitive, Disquis'itory, a . Relating to, or promoting, disquisition; disquisitional.