controvert
[verb]
Synonyms: disprove, break, confound, confute, disconfirm, evert, rebut, refute

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Related Words: challenge, oppugn, question

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controvert verb

1. controvert something to say or prove that something is not true Synonym : refute
   • ● This statement is controverted by the evidence.
   see also incontrovertible
   Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin controversus (see controversy), on the pattern of pairs such as adversus (see adverse).

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