controvertible

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And admitting that the last point is controvertible, there remains this unanswerable question: is a woman possessed because she is hysterical, or is she hysterical because she is possessed?

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  1. Capable of being disputed; disputable; not too evident to exclude difference of opinion: as, a controvertible point of law. We flnd the matter controvertible, and with much more reason denied then is as yet affirmed. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., ii. 1.

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  • Una primera interpretación se me antoja, si no superficial, al menos sí controvertible: el maestro nos sugiere con estas palabras que toda la diversidad lingüística humana que ha existido y está por existir proviene de una misma lengua (¿ecos en “flash back” de la hipótesis monogenética?).
  • "The proof of the contrary, which you have produced, is controvertible; to wit, that the common law existed while the Anglo-Saxons were yet pagans, at a time when they had never yet heard the name of Christ pronounced, or knew that such a character had ever existed." —  AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed
  • And admitting that the last point is controvertible, there remains this unanswerable question: is a woman possessed because she is hysterical, or is she hysterical because she is possessed? —  Là-bas
  • Now don't attempt to extirpate yourself from the matter; you know I have proof controvertible of it. —  The Rivals A Comedy
  • _ -- Now don't attempt to extirpate yourself from the matter; you know I have proof controvertible of it. —  The Ontario High School Reader
 

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  1. = Spanish controvertible = Italian controvertibile; as controvert + -ible.
 

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