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Controvert

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To dispute, to argue about (something). transitive
  2. 2
    prove to be false or incorrect wordnet
  3. 3
    To argue against (something or someone); to contradict, to deny. transitive

    "[T]hat women from their education and the present state of civilized life, are in the same condition, cannot, I think, be controverted."

  4. 4
    be resistant to wordnet
  5. 5
    To be involved or engaged in controversy; to argue. intransitive

Etymology

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

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