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controverted

Word definitions for controverted in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: controvert )

Usage examples of controverted.

It has been considered by Congress, recommitted & reformed by a committee according to sentiments expressed on other parts of it, but the principle referred to, having not been controverted at all, stands in this as in the original report.

Gibbon, with his usual sneer, controverted it, perhaps in resentment of Johnson's having talked with some disgust of his ugliness, which one would think a PHILOSOPHER would not mind.

Johnson, that there should be a bill brought into parliament that the controverted elections for Scotland should be tried in that country, at their own Abbey of Holy-Rood House, and not here.

I never cared to meddle with things that were controverted, and in dispute among the saints, especially things of the lowest nature.

He felt, however, that the latter possibil j ity was controverted by the fact .