1. [verb] (obsolete) To act as referee or arbiter; to mediate.
2. [verb] (now rare) To argue or struggle for.
3. [verb] To raise objections; to argue stubbornly, especially over minor or trivial matters.
4. [verb] (transitive) (obsolete) To separate, as combatants; hence, to quiet, to appease, as disputants.
5. [verb] (transitive) (obsolete) To intervene in; to stop, or put an end to, by intervening.
6. [verb] (intransitive) (obsolete) To separate combatants by intervening.
7. [verb] (intransitive) (obsolete) To contend, contest, or altercate, especially in a pertinacious manner on insufficient grounds.
8. [noun] (UK) (dialect) A shallow rapid in a river.
9. [noun] (UK) (dialect) The current below a waterfall.
10. [verb] Dispute or argue stubbornly (especially minor points).
