controvert

Verb
Synonyms: opposecontradictrefuterebut

WordNet 3.0

Verb (2)

  1. be resistant to“The board opposed his motion”Synonyms: opposecontradict
  2. prove to be false or incorrectSynonyms: refuterebut
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

Some controverted points had decided according to the sense of the best jurists. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]

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