Disputative: alternatives and connections

Consisting of, or characterized by, argument; containing a process of reasoning; as, an argumentative discourse.

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Consisting of, or characterized by, argument; containing a process of reasoning; as, an argumentative discourse.

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Something scraped off; hence, a small piece; a bit; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.

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Something scraped off; hence, a small piece; a bit; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.

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Disposed to engage in combat; pugnacious.

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Fond of contention; given to angry debate; provoking dispute or contention; quarrelsome.

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Inclined to dispute; apt to civil or controvert; characterized by dispute; as, a disputatious person or temper.

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Inclined to judicial contest; given to the practice of contending in law; guarrelsome; contentious; fond of litigation.

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