controvert

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Medieval Latin contrōvertere, from Latin contrō- (“against”) + vertere (“to turn”). === Pronunciation === === Verb === controvert (third-person singular simple present controverts, present participle controverting, simple past and past participle controverted) (transitive) To dispute, to argue about (something). [from 16th c.] (transitive) To argue against (something or someone); to contradict, to deny. [from 16th c.] (intransitive) To be involved or engaged in controversy; to argue. [from 17th c.] ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== “controvert”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “controvert”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.