polemize, v.
(ˈpɒlɪmaɪz)
[ad. Gr. πολεµίζειν to wage war, f. πόλεµος war.]
intr. To argue or write polemically; to carry on a controversy.
| 1828 Pusey Hist. Enq. i. 150 Substituting common-place moral notions for its energetic doctrines..or polemizing against them under the title of the oriental idioms of the New Testament. 1898 Driver Introd. Lit. O.T. (ed. 7) 3 Prof. Sayce..polemizes much against the ‘higher critics’. |