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Not disputable; incontrovertible; too evident to admit of dispute.

Undisputed.

Indisputable. Addison. -- Un*dis"pu*ta*ble*ness, n.

mony; to reconcile; to compose; to adjust; to settle; as, to accommodate differences, a dispute, etc.

Caustic; bitter-tempered' sarcastic; as, acrimonious dispute, language, temper.

The contend in words; to dispute with zeal, heat, or anger; to wrangle.

Warm contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy; wrangle; wordy contest. "Stormy altercations." Macaulay.

Hence; A double-dealer; one equally ready to act on either side in party disputes. The rest are hypocrites, ambidexters, so many turning pictures -- a lion on one side, a lamb on the other. Burton.

cond Epistle of Peter, the second and third Epistles of John, and the Revelation. The undisputed books are called the Homologoumena.

In an apocryphal manner; mythically; not indisputably.

To hear and decide, as arbitrators; as, to choose to arbitrate a disputed case.

To contend in argument; to dispute; to reason; -- followed by with; as, you may argue with your friend without convincing him.

One who argues; a reasoner; a disputant.

s of reasoning, or a controversy made up of rational proofs; argumentation; discussion; disputation. The argument is about things, but names. Locke.

Given to argument; characterized by argument; disputatious; as, an argumentative writer. --Ar`gu*men"ta*tive*ly, adv. -- Ar`gu*men"ta*tive*ness, n.

Caviling; subtle disputation. [Obs.]

agreement; as, the parties have made an arrangement between themselves concerning their disputes; a satisfactory arrangement.

Governing or controlling influence; domination; power. An undisputed ascendency. Macaulay. Custom has an ascendency over the understanding. Watts.

hancellor addressed to the young doctor, who then receives the cap, and presides at the disputation (also called the aulic).

One who rules with undisputed sway in any company or relation; a despot. The autocrat of the breakfast table. Holmes.