Controvert
['kɒntrəvɜːt;,kɒntrə'vɜːt]
Definition
(v. t.) To make matter of controversy; to dispute or oppose by reasoning; to contend against in words or writings; to contest; to debate.
Checker: Melva
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Dispute, contest, debate, argue, canvass, contend against, call in question.
Typed by Harrison
Definition
v.t. to oppose: to argue against: to refute.—adj. Controver′sial relating to controversy.—n. Controver′sialist one given to controversy.—adv. Controver′sially.—ns. Con′troversy a debate: contest: resistance.—adj. Controvert′ible.—adv. Controvert′ibly.—n. Con′trovertist.
Typist: Lycurgus
Examples
- I have a witness to the fact, whose testimony even you, sir, will scarcely controvert. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I defy you to controvert the Subjective view. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- It is not our task either to advocate or controvert socialism. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This statement cannot be successfully controverted, for it has been abundantly verified after many years of costly litigation. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Nobody controverted the prophetic gentleman's opinion. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
Checker: Ronnie