0 to say or show that something is not true:
This theory was subsequently controverted by several researchers in the same field.
I am sure he cannot really mean to controvert that proposition.
I absolutely fail to understand which of the limbs of that argument is controverted.
I was not meaning to controvert that proposition at all.
I should like to give figures to controvert that.
I am aware that certain allegations were made which were controverted by expert evidence at the inquest.
I would challenge anybody to produce facts which controvert the basic truth of my statement.
I do not seek to controvert either of their arguments.
I think you cannot possibly controvert the view that it is easy to collect.
