Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Dispute \Dis*pute"\, n. [Cf. F. dispute. See {Dispute}, v. i.]
   1. Verbal controversy; contest by opposing argument or
      expression of opposing views or claims; controversial
      discussion; altercation; debate.

            Addicted more To contemplation and profound dispute.
                                                  --Milton.

   2. Contest; struggle; quarrel. --De Foe.

   {Beyond dispute}, {Without dispute}, indisputably;
      incontrovertibly.

   Syn: Altercation; controversy; argumentation; debate;
        discussion; quarrel; disagreement; difference;
        contention; wrangling. See {Altercation}.