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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of controvert.

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Examples

  • Christianity is "controverted" by the disciples of Hume.

    The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada Egerton Ryerson 1842

  • He then proceeds to reckon up five others, not in our canon, which he calls in one place spurious, in another controverted, meaning, as appears to me, nearly the same thing by these two words.

    Evidence of Christianity William Paley 1774

  • "controverted;" and indeed there is not a single doctrine of

    The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada Egerton Ryerson 1842

  • Dr. Nelson Glueck, one of the most renowned archaeologists to have worked in Israel, writes, The Bible is definitely not primarily a chronicle of history … however, it may be stated categorically that no archaeological discovery has ever controverted a Biblical reference.

    Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

  • Dr. Nelson Glueck, one of the most renowned archaeologists to have worked in Israel, writes, The Bible is definitely not primarily a chronicle of history … however, it may be stated categorically that no archaeological discovery has ever controverted a Biblical reference.

    Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

  • Responsibility for the death of Jesus, a hotly controverted question, was critical for the purposes of Stephen Adly Guirgis's play on Judas.

    Rev. James Martin, S.J.: Who Killed Jesus? An Examination Of The Evidence S.J. Rev. James Martin 2011

  • Responsibility for the death of Jesus, a hotly controverted question, was critical for the purposes of Stephen Adly Guirgis's play on Judas.

    Rev. James Martin, S.J.: Who Killed Jesus? An Examination Of The Evidence S.J. Rev. James Martin 2011

  • Dr. Nelson Glueck, one of the most renowned archaeologists to have worked in Israel, writes, The Bible is definitely not primarily a chronicle of history … however, it may be stated categorically that no archaeological discovery has ever controverted a Biblical reference.

    Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

  • Responsibility for the death of Jesus, a hotly controverted question, was critical for the purposes of Stephen Adly Guirgis's play on Judas.

    Rev. James Martin, S.J.: Who Killed Jesus? An Examination Of The Evidence S.J. Rev. James Martin 2011

  • Dr. Nelson Glueck, one of the most renowned archaeologists to have worked in Israel, writes, The Bible is definitely not primarily a chronicle of history … however, it may be stated categorically that no archaeological discovery has ever controverted a Biblical reference.

    Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

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