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CONTROVERSE: Dictionary Entry and Meaning

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Con"tro*verse\, n. [Cf. F. controverse.]
    Controversy. [Obs.] --Spenser.
    
  2. \Con"tro*verse\, v. t. [L. controversari, fr.
    controversus turned against, disputed.]
    To dispute; to controvert. [Obs.] ``Controversed causes.''
    --Hooker.
    
 

 

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