controvert : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: controvert	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for controvert
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
controvert v be resistant to; "The board opposed his motion" [syn: oppose, controvert, contradict] prove to be false or incorrect Synonym(s): refute, rebut, controvert
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. Some controverted points had decided according to the sense of the best jurists. --Macaulay.