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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
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