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<blockquote>Addicted more To contemplation and profound <b>dispute</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Contest; struggle; quarrel.</def>

<i>De Foe.</i>

<cs><mcol><col>Beyond dispute</col>, <col>Without dispute</col></mcol>, <cd>indisputably; incontrovertibly.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Altercation; controversy; argumentation; debate; discussion; quarrel; disagreement; difference; contention; wrangling. See <er>Altercation</er>.</syn>

<h1>Disputeless</h1> <Xpage=431>

<hw>Dis*pute"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Admitting no dispute; incontrovertible.</def>

<i>Bailey.</i>

<h1>Disputer</h1> <Xpage=431>

<hw>Dis*put"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who disputes, or who is given to disputes; a controvertist.</def>

<blockquote>Where is the <b>disputer</b> of this world? <i>1 Cor. i. 20.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Disputison</h1> <Xpage=431>

<hw>Dis*pu"ti*son</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Disputation</er>.]</ety> <def>Dispute; discussion.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Disqualification</h1> <Xpage=431>

<hw>Dis*qual`i*fi*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of disqualifying, or state of being disqualified; want of qualification; incompetency; disability; <as>as, the <ex>disqualification</ex> of men for holding certain offices</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which disqualifies; that which incapacitates or makes unfit; <as>as, conviction of crime is a <ex>disqualification</ex> of a person for office; sickness is a <ex>disqualification</ex> for labor.</as></def>

<blockquote>I must still retain the consciousness of those <b>disqualifications</b> which you have been pleased to overlook. <i>Sir J. Shore.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Disqualify</h1> <Xpage=431>

<hw>Dis*qual"i*fy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Disqualified</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Disqualifying</er>.]</wordforms>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To deprive of the qualities or properties necessary for any purpose; to render unfit; to incapacitate; -- with <i>for</i> or <i>from</i> before the purpose, state, or act.</def>

<blockquote>My common illness <b>disqualifies</b> me for all conversation; I mean my deafness. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Me are not <b>disqualified</b> by their engagements in trade from being received in high society. <i>Southey.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To deprive of some power, right, or privilege, by positive restriction; to disable; to debar legally; <as>as, a conviction of perjury <ex>disqualifies</ex> a man to be a witness</as>.</def>

<h1>Disquantity</h1> <Xpage=431>

<hw>Dis*quan"ti*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To diminish the quantity of; to lessen.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>