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Webster 1913 Edition

Controvert

Con′tro-vert

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Controverted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Controverting
.]
[See
Controversy
.]
To make matter of controversy; to dispute or oppose by reasoning; to contend against in words or writings; to contest; to debate.
Some
controverted
points had decided according to the sense of the best jurists.
Macaulay.

Webster 1828 Edition

Controvert

CONTROVERT

,
Verb.
T.
[L., to turn. Literally, to turn against.] To dispute; to oppose by reasoning; to contend against in words or writings; to deny and attempt to disprove or confute; to agitate contrary opinions; as, to controvert opinions, or principles; to controvert the justness of a conclusion.

Definition 2024

controvert

controvert

English

Verb

controvert ‎(third-person singular simple present controverts, present participle controverting, simple past and past participle controverted)

  1. (transitive) To dispute or argue using reason.
  2. (intransitive) To be involved or engaged in controversy.

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External links

  • controvert in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • controvert in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Etymology

From Latin as if *controvertere, assumed from controversus, from contro- ‎(“against”) + vertere ‎(“to turn”).

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