0 to say or show that something is not true:
This theory was subsequently controverted by several researchers in the same field.
If this is controverted, then it will have to be done on philosophical or theological grounds, for example, fideism.
Although controverted in the general culture, none of these assumptions is likely to be objectionable to the main-line theist.
I would like, most respectfully, to controvert that statement.
I have given instance after instance of these new tariffs showing where prices have been raised, and these in- stances have never been controverted.
We are naturally therefore at some disadvantage when we are called upon to controvert a diametrically opposite proposition of law.
I think the evidence of that is incontestable and nobody would seriously controvert it.
No one has really controverted the proposition that we are an exporting nation.
I think you cannot possibly controvert the view that it is easy to collect.
