All 12 Uses
dispute
in
Wuthering Heights
(Edited)
- Having no desire to be entertained by a cat-and-dog combat, I stepped forward briskly, as if eager to partake the warmth of the hearth, and innocent of any knowledge of the interrupted dispute.
p. 21.6dispute = conflict or argument
- ...she had failed to recover her equanimity since the little dispute with Heathcliff.
p. 50.2
- Even you, Nelly, if we have a dispute sometimes, you back Isabella at once; and I yield like a foolish mother: I call her a darling, and flatter her into a good temper.
p. 71.1dispute = disagreement or conflict
- And I related the scene in the court, and, as near as I dared, the whole subsequent dispute.
p. 82.5dispute = disagreement or argument
- I don't engage to let Hareton go undisputed; but I'll be pretty sure to make the other come!
p. 136.8undisputed = unchallengedstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in undisputed means not and reverses the meaning of disputed. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- Pray don't begin to dispute with him.
p. 142.2dispute = argue
- There is no clause in the will to secure it so: his property would go to me; but, to prevent disputes, I desire their union, and am resolved to bring it about.
p. 156.6 *disputes = disagreements, arguments, or conflicts
- 'She did! she did!' sang Linton, sinking into the recess of his chair, and leaning back his head to enjoy the agitation of the other disputant, who stood behind.
p. 174.1disputant = someone involved in challenging, arguing about, or fighting over something
- Ellen and I were disputing concerning your health.
p. 191.6disputing = arguing
- He opened them suddenly, and resigned the object of dispute; but, ere she had well secured it, he seized her with the liberated hand, and, pulling her on his knee, administered with the other a shower of terrific slaps on both sides of the head, each sufficient to have fulfilled his threat, had she been able to fall.
p. 196.8dispute = disagreement
- She heard the men I sent disputing at the door, and she gathered the sense of Heathcliff's answer.
p. 206.9 *disputing = arguing
- Heathcliff fixed Catherine's arm under his: though she disputed the act at first evidently; and with rapid strides he hurried her into the alley, whose trees concealed them.
p. 211.7disputed = resisted
Definitions:
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(1)
(dispute as in: their border dispute) disagreement, argument, or conflict
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(2)
(dispute as in: She disputes his claim.) challenge, argue about, or fight over
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)