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controvert, v. (ˈkɒntrəvɜːt, kɒntrəˈvɜːrt) Also 7–8 contra-. [Appeared about 1600: f. L. type *controvertĕre (f. contrō- against + vertĕre to turn) on the assumed analogy of L. contrōversus controversed, and of convert, pervert, etc. So in mod.Sp. controvertir, Pg. controverter. The source of this a...
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controvert
controvert/ˌkɔntrəˈvɜ:t; `kɑntrəˌvət/ v[Tn](fml 文) deny the truth of (sth); argue about 否定(某事物); 争论; 反驳 a fact that cannot be controverted 无可置辩的事实.
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Summary (law)
specified in the statute providing the remedy, rendered upon plaintiff's motion, usually with supporting affidavits, upon the failure of the defendant to controvert
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It was supposed, not without reason, to have been written to controvert the ideas contained in Bellarmine's De officio principis christiani.
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What is another word for "be against"? - WordHippo
Synonyms for be against include oppose, dislike, disapprove, protest, object, be in opposition to, be an adversary of, controvert, object to and defy. Find more similar words at wordhippo.com!
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controvertible
controvertible, a. (kɒntrəˈvɜːtɪb(ə)l) [f. controvert or L. type *contrōvert-ĕre + -ible.] Capable of being controverted; disputable.1614 Bp. Hall Agst. Brownists §33 Recoll. Treat. 767 If controvertible or doubtfull, men ought to beare one with anothers different judgement. 1651 Baxter Inf. Bapt. 1...
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Habeas Corpus Act 1816
explanation of why the prisoner was jailed known as the 'return'), not to debate whether that explanation was justified or to examine the facts of it ('controvert
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controvertist
controvertist (ˈkɒntrəvɜːtɪst, -ˈvɜːtɪst) Also 8 contra-. [f. controvert + -ist.] One who practises or is engaged in controversy; a controversialist.1655 S. W. Schism Disarmd 212 He was borne a Controvertist. 1667 Decay Chr. Piety x. §1. 312 Our controvertists fall from arguments to reproaches. 1759...
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Silence March
CNH called for a silent pacifist demonstration to controvert Mexican Government allegations of violence of the movement and the silence made by President
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controverting
▪ I. controverting, vbl. n. (see the vb.) [f. controvert + -ing1.] The action of the verb controvert; debating, disputing.1665 Manley Grotius' Low C. Warres 11 After many delayes and controvertings, a Tax was granted by the States. 1852 Newman Scope Univ. Educ. 26 It is not safe controverting with t...
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Dixon v. United States
United States ... may excuse conduct that would otherwise be punishable, but the existence of duress normally does not controvert any of the elements of
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controversed
† ˈcontroversed, ppl. a. Obs. [In form = prec. vb. + -ed1, and at length so regarded: but F. controversé and Eng. controversed both appeared earlier than the respective verbs, and were app. direct adaptations of L. contrōversus, with the native ppl. endings -é, -ed. L. contrōvers-us appears to have ...
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R v Carroll
Court of Australia which unanimously upheld the decision by a Queensland appellate court to stay an indictment for perjury as the indictment was found to controvert High Court of Australia
The High Court dismissed the appeal, finding that a conviction for perjury would inevitably controvert Carroll's previous acquittal
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extro-
extro- a quasi-Lat. prefix, with the sense ‘outwards’, an alteration of L. extrā outside, after the analogy of L. intrō inwards, compared with intrā inside; cf. also L. contrō- (see controvert). It occurs only in words formed after the model of, and by way of antithesis to, similar compounds of intr...
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refragate
† refragate, v. Obs. [f. L. refragāt-, ppl. stem of refragārī to resist, withstand.] intr. To oppose, controvert, gainsay.1593 Nashe Christ's T. (1613) 119 Stoutly they refragate and withstand, that the Firmament is not his handy-worke. 1623 Cockeram, Refragate, to gainesay. 1661 Glanvill Van. Dogm....
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