controvert
controvert
Definition
con·tro·vert (kän′trə vʉrt′, kän′trə vʉrt′)
transitive verb
- to argue or reason against; contradict; deny; dispute
- to argue about; debate; discuss
Etymology: back-form. < controversy, modeled on words ending in -vert (e.g., divert, revert)
Related Forms:
- controvertible con′·tro·vert′·ible adjective
- controvertibly con′·tro·vert′·ibly adverb
controvert
Synonyms
controvert
v.
controvert
Usage Examples
Object
- point: I doubt not you'll prove the withdrawing they will never controvert that point nor any chance.
- statement: When the plaintiff had declared his grievance and the defendant had denied or otherwise controverted the statement, the question of proof arose.
- subject: These statements, as already remarked, make up a controverted subject.
- issue: Agnostics and atheists will welcome the sensitivity with which controverted issues of belief are surveyed at the bar of reason.
Modifying Another Word
- much: There was the entail, again, which was much controverted.
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