Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | English word CONTROVERT
CONTROVERT
Definitions of CONTROVERT
- (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.]
Number of letters
10
Is palindrome
No
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Examples of Using CONTROVERT in a Sentence
- Philip of Side claims that Athenagoras preceded Pantaenus as head of the Catechetical School of Alexandria (which is probably incorrect and contradicted by Eusebius) and notes that Athenagoras converted to Christianity after initially familiarizing himself with the Scriptures in an attempt to controvert them.
- R v Carroll (2002) 213 CLR 635; [2002] HCA 55 is a decision of the High Court of Australia which unanimously upheld the decision by a Queensland appellate court to stay an indictment for perjury as the indictment was found to controvert the respondent's earlier acquittal for murder.
- Even in instances in which the questioner was not versed in the Talmud and the responsum was required to give only a brief decision on the case under consideration, the ruling was not a mere "yes" or "no," "permitted" or "forbidden," "right" or "wrong," but in the shortest responsa themselves it was generally the custom for the scholars who prepared them to cite a passage from the Talmud in support or proof of their decisions, or to controvert any possible opposition on the basis of some other Talmudic passage by a refutation of it and a correct exegesis of the section of the Talmud in question.
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