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Webster 1913 Edition
Disputation
Disˊpu-ta′tion
,Noun.
[OE. ]
desputeson
, disputacion
, OF. desputeison
, F. disputation
, fr. L. disputatio
. See Dispute
, Verb.
I.
1.
The act of disputing; a reasoning or argumentation in opposition to something, or on opposite sides; controversy in words; verbal contest respecting the truth of some fact, opinion, proposition, or argument.
2.
A rhetorical exercise in which parties reason in opposition to each other on some question proposed.
Webster 1828 Edition
Disputation
DISPUTATION
,Noun.
1.
The act of disputing; a reasoning or argumentation in opposition to something, or on opposite sides; controversy in words; verbal contest, respecting the truth of some fact, opinion, proposition or argument.2.
An exercise in colleges, in which parties reason in opposition to each other, on some question proposed.