disputer

[Eng. disput ( e ); -er.] 1. One who disputes or argues on any point; a controversialist, a disputant. "Hell may be full of learned scribes and subtle dis . puters."-Barrow: Sermons, vol. iii., ser. 29. 2. One who calls in question the right, justice, or propriety of anything. dis-pū-ting, pr. par., a. & 8. [DISPUTE, v.] A. & B. As pr . par . & particip . adj .: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act or habit of arguing, caviling, or contending; dispute, contention. "Do all things without murmurings and disputings . " Phil . ii. 14. *dis-pū-ti-son, *des-pu-te-sioun, *dis-pu-tes on, *dis-pu-te-soun, s. [O. Fr. desputeison , from Lat. disputatio .] A disputation, a dispute, a con. troversy, an argument. [DISPUTATION.] "In scole is gret altercacioun In this matier, and gret disputesoun." Chaucer: C. T. , 16,722, 16,723. dis-qual-l-fl-ca-tion, s. [Pref. dis , and Eng. qualification (q. v.).] 1. The act of disqualifying or rendering disquali fied for any act or post; the act of rendering legally incapable or incompetent. 2. The state of being disqualified for any act or post; legal incapacity or disability. "Rendering plebeians eligible as pontiffs and augurs, and thus removing the last plebeian disqualification ."Lewis: Cred. Early Rom . Hist . (1855), ch. xiii., pt. ii., § 38. 3. A want of qualification. "I must still retain the consciousne of those disquali . fications which you have been pleased to overlook."- Sir J. Shore . 4. That which disqualifies or incapacitates. "A cordial reception of Catholics and Di enters into the bosom of the constitution by the extinction of all disqualifications ." - Anecdotes of Bp . Watson , ii. 438. dis-qual-i-fied, *dis-qual-i-fyed, pa . par . ora. [DISQUALIFY.] dis-qual-i-fy, v . t . [Pref. dis , and Eng. qualify 1. To render unfit; to deprive of the qualities or "He desputede also of kynde of treen."- Trevis a, iii. 11. qualifications nece ary for any purpose. 4. To wrangle, to engage in altercation. "I found the members very warmly disputing when I arrived."-Goldsmith: E ays, i. 5. To contend, to strive against a competitor. "Michael, contending with the devil, disputed about the body of Moses." -Jude 9. B. Transitive : 1. To contend about in argument, to discu , to debate. "So disqualify'd by fate To rise in church, or law, or state." Swift: On Poetry, a Rhapsody. 2. To render legally incapable or incompetent for any act or post; to disable, to incapacitate. 3. To declare disqualified for any purpose. It is generally followed by for , but occasionally from is found. "The Church of England is the only body of Christians which disqualifies those who are employed to preach its senators."- Swift : Sacramental Test. disquietude dis-qual-l-fy-ing, pr. par., s. & s. [DIS QUALIFY.] A. & B. As pr . par . & particip . adj.1 (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The same as DISQUALIFICATION (q. v.). *dis-quăm-mā-tion, s. [Lat. dis =away, apart, and squama =a scale.] The act of taking off the scales of fishes. ( Ash .) *dis-quan-ti-tỹ, v. t. [Pref. dis , and Eng. quantity (q. v.).] To diminish the quantity or amount of; to le en. "Be then desired By her, that else will take the thing she begs, A little to disquantity your train." Shakesp.: Lear, L. 4. dis-qui-et, a. & s. [Pref. dis , and Eng. quiet , a. (q. v.)] *A. As adj .: Unquiet, uneasy, disquieted, restle . "I pray you, husband, be not so disquiet ; The meat was well if you were so content." Shakesp.: Taming of the Shrew, iv. 1. B. As subst.: A state of uneasine , restle ne , or anxiety; disquietude. "This way confusion first found broken, Whereby entered our disquiet." Daniel: Cleopatra (chorus). dis-qui-et, v . t . [Pref. dis , and Eng. quiet, v. (q. v.) To disturb; to make uneasy, restle , or anxious; to hara , to vex, to fret. "Nobody feared that Marshal MacMahon would deliver any disquieting me age to the Amba adors."-London Times. *dis-qui-e-tal, s. [Eng. disquiet: -al.] The act of disquieting; the state of being disquieted. "At its own fall Grows full of wrath and rage, and gins to fume, And roars, and strives 'gainst its disquietal ." More: Song of the Soul , pt. ii., bk. i., ch. ii., § 21. dis-qui-ět-ěd, pa . par . or a . [DISQUIET, v.] dis-qui-ět-er, s. [English disquiet ; -er.] One who causes disquiet or uneasine ; a hara er, a troubler. "The dis quieter both of the kingdom and church."Holinshed: Henry II . (an. 1164). *dis-qui-ět fül, a . [Eng. disquiet ; -ful (l).] Full of trouble, anxiety, or uneasine ; causing disquiet. "Love and pity of ourselves should persuade us to for. bear reviling, as disquietful , incommodious, and mischievous to us." -Barrow: Sermons, vol. i., ser. 15. dis-qui-ět-ing, pr. par., a. & s. [DISQUIET, v.] A. & B. As pr. par . & particip . adj .: (See the verb.) C. As substantive: 1. The act of disturbing or causing uneasine or disquiet; the state of being disquieted or uneasy; uneasine , anxiety. "That the disquieting of the weaker sort might be layed down."- Udall : Actes xv. 2. That which causes disquiet or uneasine . "King Henry, now in perfect peace abroad, was not without some little dis quietings at home."-Baker: Henry I. (an. 1112). *dis-qui-et-Ive, a . [Eng. disquiet ; -ive .] Disquieting; tending to cause disquiet or uneasine . *dis-qui-et-lý, adv . [Eng. disquiet ; -ly .] 1. In a disquieted, uneasy, or anxious manner. "He rested disquietly that night."-Wiseman. 2. So as to cause disquiet or uneasine . "Treachery, and all ruinous disorders, follow us dis . quietly to our graves."- Shakesp .: Lear , i. 2. *dis-qui-et-ment, s. [Eng. disquiet ; -ment.] The act of disquieting or rendering uneasy; disquietude, uneasine . "To the great danger and disquiet ment of his highne ." -State Trials : Miles Sin der come.