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controvert definition

con·tro·vert (kän′trə vʉrt′, kän′trə vʉrt′)

transitive verb

  1. to argue or reason against; contradict; deny; dispute
  2. to argue about; debate; discuss

Etymology: back-form. < controversy, modeled on words ending in -vert (e.g., divert, revert)

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