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Definition of controvert

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(transitive)To dispute, to argue about (something).
(transitive)To argue against (something or someone); to contradict, to deny.

“[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.

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Borrowed from Medieval Latin contrōvertere, from Latin contrō- (“against”) + vertere (“to turn”).

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