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controvert

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con·tro·vert  (kntr-vûrt, kntr-vûrt)
tr.v. con·tro·vert·ed, con·tro·vert·ing, con·tro·verts
To raise arguments against; voice opposition to.
[From controversy.]
contro·verti·ble adj.
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Verb1.controvert - be resistant to; "The board opposed his motion"
contradict, oppose
rebut, refute - overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof; "The speaker refuted his opponent's arguments"
negative, veto, blackball - vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent; "The President vetoed the bill"
dissent, protest, resist - express opposition through action or words; "dissent to the laws of the country"
2.controvert - prove to be false or incorrect
rebut, refute
confute, disprove - prove to be false; "The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories"
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His posture--flat upon his back, with his hands crossed upon his stomach and tied with something that he easily broke without profitably altering the situation--the strict confinement of his entire person, the black darkness and profound silence, made a body of evidence impossible to controvert and he accepted it without cavil.
Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
For all thou dost and hast done to blight and curse the nobleness of his nature, I have done and shall continue to do all in my power to controvert.
The Outlaw of Torn by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
"Madam," cries Sophia, "I have never presumed to controvert any opinion of yours; and this subject, as I said, I have never yet thought of, and perhaps never may.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
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