spec. An exercise in which parties formally sustain, attack, and defend a question or thesis, as in the medieval schools and universities.
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| 释义 | the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > academic or public disputation > [noun] > in defence of thesis (4) disputation1553 spec. An exercise in which parties formally sustain, attack, and defend a question or thesis, as in the medieval schools and universities. defension1563 In Roman Catholic colleges: a formal oral defence before an audience of a thesis or proposition. Cf. defence, n. 3d viva, n.2 Now historical and rare. coursing1660 Oxford University. The opposing or challenging of a thesis in the Schools. Obsolete. respondency1660 The action of defending a thesis against criticism in a public disputation; an instance of this. Cf. opponency, n. 2. Now historical. |
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