Hypertext Webster Gateway: "disagree"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Disagree \Dis`a*gree"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Disagreed}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Disageeing}.] [Pref. dis- + agree: cf. F.
d['e]sagr['e]er to displease.]
1. To fail to accord; not to agree; to lack harmony; to
differ; to be unlike; to be at variance.

They reject the plainest sense of Scripture, because
it seems to disagree with what they call reason.
--Atterbury.

2. To differ in opinion; to hold discordant views; to be at
controversy; to quarrel.

Who shall decide, when doctors disagree? --Pope.

3. To be unsuited; to have unfitness; as, medicine sometimes
disagrees with the patient; food often disagrees with the
stomach or the taste.

Note: Usually followed by with, sometimes by to, rarely by
from; as, I disagree to your proposal.

Syn: To differ; vary; dissent.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

disagree
v 1: be of different opinions; "I beg to differ!"; "She disagrees
with her husband on many questions" [syn: {differ}, {dissent},
{take issue}] [ant: {agree}]
2: be different from one another [syn: {disaccord}, {discord}]
[ant: {match}]


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