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English Dictionary: disagree by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
disagree
v
  1. be of different opinions; "I beg to differ!"; "She disagrees with her husband on many questions"
    Synonym(s): disagree, differ, dissent, take issue
    Antonym(s): agree, concord, concur, hold
  2. be different from one another
    Synonym(s): disagree, disaccord, discord
    Antonym(s): agree, check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, match, tally
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[82]sagr[82]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.
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