English Dictionary

Definition of “controvert”

controvert (ˈkɒntrəˌvɜːt ; ˌkɒntrəˈvɜːt )

ˈcontroˌverter noun

ˌcontroˈvertible adjective

ˌcontroˈvertibly adverb

C17: from Latin contrōversus; see controversy

= contradict, challenge, deny, oppose, counter, refute, fly in the face of, make a nonsense of

But Truman, devoted though he was to his mother, was always determined to controvert any under-estimate of his father.

Jenkins, Roy Truman

I forbid you to try to gain custody and I would controvert personally any such application.

Low, Ona Murky Shallows

Other participants in these confabulations can surely controvert him if he is wrong.

India Today (1996)

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