controvert Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb be resistant to
    contradict; oppose.
    • The board opposed his motion
  2. verb prove to be false or incorrect
    rebut; refute.

WordNet

Con"tro*vert transitive verb
Etymology
See Controversy.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Controverted; present participle & verbal noun Controverting
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913