असे या शब्दाचे अर्थ झाले आहेत. Dispute & Controvert are distinguished thus. Dispute is to make matter of controversy i. e. lengthened argument in opposition, entering point by point into the dispute. Dispute is against a personal competitor; Controvert refers directly to the matter & indirectly to the person, Dispute refers to such things as claims, possessions, titles, rights & the like. In controversy there is more of opposition, in D. more of doubt. Dispute & Debate are distinguished thus. Debate is formally to sift by argument for & against. The legitimate object of Debate is to bring together the expression of various opinions for the purpose of accepting, rejecting, or modifying the matter in hand. To Dispute is always antagonistic. Contend is the opposite of Dispute. Dispute is to attack & endeavour to shake what iş advanced or held by another. So contend is to argue urgently in favour & support of something held by one's self. Dispute & Quarrel are distinguished thus. Quarrel, always presumes & wrong or ground of complaint of some kind. Sharpness of temper is the usual cause of quarrels, in which there is commonly more irritation than hatred. Any angry contest confined, however, to word may be called & quarrel. A dispute is a difference of opinion. It may involve two or more persons. In a dispute there is chiefly an element of personality] v. t. to discuss, to debate or argue ( a question ) वादविवाद करणे, साधकबाधक रीतीने विचार करणे, भवति न भवति करणे; as, "It may possibly disputed how far miracles can prove natural religion.," "We may D. it upon the road.” २ to argue against, contest, controvert ( संशयावरून) विरुद्ध प्रतिपक्ष m- उलट-दसरी बाजू f. घेणे, (विरुद्ध प्रमाणे किंवा मुद्दे सांगून) विरोध सांगणे. ३ to call in question or contest the validity or accuracy of a statement or the existence of a thing ( the oppo. of to maintain or defend ) आक्षेप m, शंका f, आकांक्षा f, घेणे. with विषयी or वर of O., विरुद्ध बोलणे: as, “I am monarch of all I surveys, my right there is none to D.” ४ to controvert a person [ विरुद्ध बाजू घेऊन किंवा विरुद्ध प्रमाणे देऊन ) म्हणून पाडणे, “ Belknap could D. Hutchinson about the quarrelsomeness of the Puritans in Holland." ५ to encounter, oppose, contest or strive against; to resist an action (शीं) झगडणे, (चा)प्रतिरोध प्रतिकार करणे, (च्या-विरुद्ध) झगडा करणे, बांधा-विरोध हरकत घेणे, दाद सांगणे, तकरार घेणे-सांगणे; as, D, it like a man,” the Soudanese chose Teb as the ground upon which to D, the advance
