The Collaborative International Dictionary
Disputative
Disputative \Dis*put"a*tive\, a. [L. disputativus.]
Disposed to dispute; inclined to cavil or to reason in
opposition; as, a disputative temper.
--I. Watts.
Wiktionary
disputative
a. tending to dispute.
WordNet
disputative
adj. inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits; "a style described as abrasive and contentious"; "a disputatious lawyer"; "a litigious and acrimonious spirit" [syn: contentious, disputatious, litigious]
Usage examples of "disputative".
The execution of this project became the less difficult for him, because the Romish church began to perceive, that she overabounded in monks, and that she wanted some supply of learning, in order to oppose the inquisitive, or rather disputative humor of the reformers.