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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin contrōvertere, from Latin contrō- (“against”) + vertere (“to turn”).
Verb
controvert (third-person singular simple present controverts, present participle controverting, simple past and past participle controverted)
- (transitive) To dispute, to argue about (something).
- (transitive) To argue against (something or someone); to contradict, to deny.
1791 (date written), Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, 1st American edition, Boston, Mass.: Peter Edes for Thomas and Andrews, , published 1792, →OCLC:[T]hat women from their education and the present state of civilized life, are in the same condition, cannot, I think, be controverted.
- (intransitive) To be involved or engaged in controversy; to argue.
Related terms
Translations
dispute or argue using reason
be involved or engaged in controversy
Further reading
- “controvert”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “controvert”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.