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Verb: controvert  'kón-tru,vurt
  1. Be resistant to
    - oppose, contradict
     
  2. Prove to be false or incorrect
    - refute, rebut

Derived forms: controverted, controverting, controverts

Type of: confute, disprove, rebut, refute

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