controvert
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin as if *controvertere, assumed from controversus, from contro- (“against”) + vertere (“to turn”).
[edit] Verb
controvert (third-person singular simple present controverts, present participle controverting, simple past and past participle controverted)
- (transitive) To dispute or argue using reason.
- (intransitive) To be involved or engaged in controversy.
[edit] Translations
dispute or argue using reason
be involved or engaged in controversy
[edit] Related terms
[edit] External links
- controvert in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- controvert in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
