Thesaurus: controvert

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1. v. t. To make matter of controversy; to dispute or oppose by reasoning; to contend against in words or writings; to contest; to debate.
2. v. be resistant to
3. v. prove to be false or incorrect
4. 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.
5. To make matter of controversy; to dispute or oppose byreasoning; to contend against in words or writings; to contest; todebate.Some controverted points had decided according to the sense of thebest jurists. Macaulay.
6. v:100 v be resistant to v prove to be false or incorrect