Controverting

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Controvert \Con"tro*vert\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Controverted};
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Controverting}.] [See {Controversy}.]
     To make matter of controversy; to dispute or oppose by
     reasoning; to contend against in words or writings; to
     contest; to debate.
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           Some controverted points had decided according to the
           sense of the best jurists.               --Macaulay.
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