controvertingn.
/ˌkɒntrəˈvəːtɪŋ/, /ˈkɒntrəvəːtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌkɑntrəˈvərdɪŋ/ The action of controvert v. (in various senses); an instance of this.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > [noun]
pleac1275
distancec1325
stance14..
in controversyc1432
disceptation1447
disputation1489
disception1492
concertation1509
controversity1528
contending1561
fending and proving1583
digladiation?1591
bandying1599
contestation1602
controverting1610
wrangling1612
contesting1616
rixation1623
contestion1632
controversarya1635
contest1642
vitilitigation1647
ergoteering1687
sparring1755
hash1789
controversying1865
argle-bargle1872
wringle-wrangle1882
argy-bargy1887
polemicizing1948
va-et-vient1959
1610 T. Morton Encounter against M. Parsons ii. iii. 48 In controuerting he sheweth no learning or very little.
1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 11 After many delayes and controvertings, a Tax was granted by the States.
1736 London Mag. Aug. 417/1 It would be easy to detect the Returning Officers in case they committed any Fraud.., and the controverting of a County Election would not be near so tedious.
1787 W. Combe Anderson's Hist. Origin Commerce (rev. ed.) III. App. 346 The controverting thereof [i.e. of the claims of the crown of England]..shall be esteemed by us as an invasion and usurpation.
1830 Millennial Harbinger Dec. 570 If this were worth a controverting, we might show it to be a gratuitous assertion.
1854 R. Aitken Teaching of Types 452 The spirit which they have evinced in their attempted controvertings, is undeniably incompatible with the Spirit of Christ.
1902 Law Q. Rev. 18 324 More pages are devoted to the controverting of views alleged to be his Lordship's than there are lines devoted to the views of the Lord Chancellor.
2001 Artibus et Historiae 22 70/2 One frequently sees in his work a controverting of classical and Renaissance principles of contrapposto.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
controvertingadj.
/ˌkɒntrəˈvəːtɪŋ/, /ˈkɒntrəvəːtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌkɑntrəˈvərdɪŋ/ That contests or opposes a person, claim, position, etc.; relating to or characterized by controversy; engaging in controversy, disputatious.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > [adjective] > engaging in controversy, disputatious
unpeaceablec1384
disputative1579
disputablea1616
disputeful1631
controversial1638
controversal1641
obstreperous1641
contradictive1643
disputing1645
controverting1646
chop-logicala1652
disputatious1660
argumentative1667
argumentive1668
disputant1671
contradictiousa1677
disceptatious1682
obstropolous1727
disceptatorial1821
contradictory1891
backtalking1938
1646 R. Crashaw Musicks Duell in Steps to Temple 104 In controverting warbles evenly shar'd, With her sweet selfe shee wrangles.
1701 J. Green Diary 22 Apr. in Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. (1866) VIII. 220 Much contraverting discourse but a good issue.
1791 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 1159/1 We are not in possession of the controverting proofs.
1830 Imperial Mag. Nov. 1027 The mind..defies the controverting systems of art.
1857 G. A. Lawrence Guy Livingstone xiii. 123 Fancy the feelings of the Greek Professor interrupted in his lecture by a controverting freshman.
1922 Southwestern Reporter 235 633/1 No controverting affidavit was filed.
2002 Ériu 52 147 The onus would then have shifted to the defendant to clear himself by calling controverting evidence as to the facts.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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