(Bot.) See Larkspur. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To spurt on or over; to asperse. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A variety of Cratægus, or hawthorn (Cratægus Crus-galli), having long, straight thorns; -- called also Cockspur thorn. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. conspurcatus, p. p. of conspurcare. ] To pollute; to defile. [ Obs. ] Cockeram. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. conspurcare, -spuratum, to defile. ] The act of defiling; defilement; pollution. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Despumated p. pr. & vb. n. Despumating ] [ L. despumatus, p. p. of despumare to despume; de- + spumare to foam, froth, spuma froth, scum. ] To throw off impurities in spume; to work off in foam or scum; to foam. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. despumatio: cf. F. despumation. ] The act of throwing up froth or scum; separation of the scum or impurities from liquids; scumming; clarification. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. F. despumer. See Despumate. ] To free from spume or scum. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

If honey be despumed. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Wanting in punctilious respect; discourteous. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

That were dispunct to the ladies. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See 1st Dispunge. ] To expunge. [ Obs. ] Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. dispungere to prick apart, i. e., check off the debts and credits of an account; dis- + pungere to prick. ] To expunge; to erase. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. See Disponge. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without penal restraint; not punishable. [ R. ] Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To dissuade; to frustrate; as, to dispurpose plots. [ R. ] A. Brewer.

v. t. To disburse. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. dis- + purvey: cf. OF. desporveoir, F. dépourvoir. ] To disfurnish; to strip. [ Obs. ] Heywood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Want of provisions; &unr_;ack of food. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. disputabilis: cf. F. disputable. See Dispute, v. i. ] 1. Capable of being disputed; liable to be called in question, controverted, or contested; or doubtful certainty or propriety; controvertible; as, disputable opinions, propositions, points, or questions. [ 1913 Webster ]

Actions, every one of which is very disputable. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Disputatious; contentious. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State of being disputable. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Dispute, v. i. ] Proneness to dispute. [ Obs. ] Bp. Ward. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. disputants, p. pr. of disputare: cf. F. disputant. See Dispute, v. i. ] Disputing; engaged in controversy. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who disputes; one who argues in opposition to another; one appointed to dispute; a controvertist; a reasoner in opposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

A singularly eager, acute, and pertinacious disputant. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. desputeson, disputacion, OF. desputeison, F. disputation, fr. L. disputatio. See Dispute, v. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A rhetorical exercise in which parties reason in opposition to each other on some question proposed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Inclined to dispute; apt to civil or controvert; characterized by dispute; as, a disputatious person or temper. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Christian doctrine of a future life was no recommendation of the new religion to the wits and philosophers of that disputations period. Buckminster.

-- Dis`pu*ta"tious*ly, adv. -- Dis`pu*ta"tious*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. disputativus. ] Disposed to dispute; inclined to cavil or to reason in opposition; as, a disputative temper. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Disputed; p. pr. & vb. n. Disputing. ] [ OE. desputen, disputen, OF. desputer, disputer, F. disputer, from L. disputare, disputatum; dis- + putare to clean; hence, fig., to clear up, set in order, reckon, think. See Putative, Pure. ] To contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another; to discuss; to reason; to debate; to altercate; to wrangle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Therefore disputed [ reasoned, Rev. Ver. ] he in synagogue with the Jews. Acts xvii. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To make a subject of disputation; to argue pro and con; to discuss. [ 1913 Webster ]

The rest I reserve it be disputed how the magistrate is to do herein. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To oppose by argument or assertion; to attempt to overthrow; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of; as, to dispute assertions or arguments. [ 1913 Webster ]

To seize goods under the disputed authority of writs of assistance. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To strive or contend about; to contest. [ 1913 Webster ]

To dispute the possession of the ground with the Spaniards. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To struggle against; to resist. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Dispute it [ grief ] like a man. Shak.

Syn. -- To controvert; contest; gainsay; doubt; question; argue; debate; discuss; impugn. See Argue. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Addicted more
To contemplation and profound dispute. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Contest; struggle; quarrel. De Foe. [ 1913 Webster ]

Beyond dispute,
Without dispute, indisputably; incontrovertibly.

Syn. -- Altercation; controversy; argumentation; debate; discussion; quarrel; disagreement; difference; contention; wrangling. See Altercation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Admitting no dispute; incontrovertible. Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who disputes, or who is given to disputes; a controvertist. [ 1913 Webster ]

Where is the disputer of this world? 1 Cor. i. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Disputation. ] Dispute; discussion. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. exspuitio; ex out + spuere to spit: cf. F. exspuition. ] A discharge of saliva by spitting. [ R. ] E. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Spit out, or as if spit out. “Exsputory lines.” Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Spun so as to be fine; drawn to a fine thread; attenuated; hence, unsubstantial; visionary; as, finespun theories. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who rides before; a harbinger. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Firmly twisted in spinning. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A slender bony or cartilaginous process developed from the heel bone of bats. It helps to support the wing membranes. See Illust. of Cheiropter. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Spun or wrought at home; of domestic manufacture; coarse; plain. “Homespun country garbs.” W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Plain in manner or style; not elegant; rude; coarse. “Our homespun English proverb.” Dryden. “Our homespun authors.” Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Cloth made at home; as, he was dressed in homespun. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An unpolished, rustic person. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hot + spur. ] A rash, hot-headed man. Holinshed.

{ , a. Violent; impetuous; headstrong. Spenser. Peacham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. indisputabilité. ] Indisputableness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. in- not + disputable: cf. F. indisputable. ] Not disputable; incontrovertible; too evident to admit of dispute.

Syn. -- Incontestable; unquestionable; incontrovertible; undeniable; irrefragable; certain; positive; undoubted; sure; infallible.

-- In*dis"pu*ta*ble*ness, n. -- In*dis"pu*ta*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Undisputed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A genus of ranunculaceous plants (Delphinium), having showy flowers, and a spurred calyx. They are natives of the North Temperate zone. The commonest larkspur of the gardens is Delphinium Consolida. The flower of the bee larkspur (Delphinium elatum) has two petals bearded with yellow hairs, and looks not unlike a bee. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Spun out, or extended, to great length; hence, long-winded; tedious. [ 1913 Webster ]

The longspun allegories fulsome grow,
While the dull moral lies too plain below. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ So called from the length of the hind claw. ] (Zool.) Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genus Calcarius (or Plectrophanes), and allied genera. The Lapland longspur (Calcarius Lapponicus), the chestnut-colored longspur (Calcarius ornatus), and other species, inhabit the United States. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To punctuate wrongly or incorrectly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Dan. spyd a spear. ] 1. A sharp, narrow spade, usually with a long handle, used by farmers for digging up large-rooted weeds; a similarly shaped implement used for various purposes. [ 1913 Webster ]

My spud these nettles from the stone can part. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A dagger. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Anything short and thick; specifically, a piece of dough boiled in fat. [ Local, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A potato. [ Colloq. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. & i. See Spew. [ 1913 Webster ]