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Definition of Controvert

Controvert
Controvert Con"tro*vert, v. 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.

Meaning of Controvert from wikipedia

- court to stay an indictment for perjury as the indictment was found to controvert the respondent's earlier acquittal for murder. The court held that charging...
- he was one of the followers of Asclepiades of Bithynia, he ventured to controvert his opinions on some points. A physician of the same name is mentioned...
- 2024. Cowie, D. J. (2 July 1934), "How Christchurch Got Its Name – A Controverted Subject", The New Zealand Railways Magazine, vol. 9, no. 4, archived...
- became a legal fiction in that the original debtor was not entitled to controvert this allegation in order to oust the Exchequer from jurisdiction. The...
- war, and to bring about its speedy and satisfactory termination, and to controvert the false economic doctrine so aptly described as 'Laissez-faire'. In...
- com. Retrieved January 14, 2019. Barry, Quan (September 26, 2004). Controvertibles. University of Pittsburgh Press. doi:10.2307/j.ctt5vkg3w. ISBN 978-0-8229-8015-5...
- Subsequent recessions, including the late-2000s recession, provided controverting evidence to Lauder's claims, as sales have actually fallen with reduced...
- notion of Gr****: diaspora/Hebrew: Palestine in matters of canon has been controverted by clear evidence of the circulation of the Septuagint in Palestine....
- initially familiarizing himself with the Scriptures in an attempt to controvert them. From the rhythm of his sentences, and the arrangement of his material...
- the Bishops' Bible alongside the Rheims New Testament, specifically to controvert the latter's polemical annotations. The Bishops' Bible or its New Testament...