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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Controvert \Con"tro*vert\, verb (used with an object) [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.
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