controverting
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On the list for the class of 2013, three facts controverting my own early experience catch the eye: one demographic, one geographic, and one pedagogic.
From Salon • May 25, 2013
An individuality so tautly drawn between the twin Spanish columns of dignity and passion could never conform to the crude consequences of his own controverting eloquence.
From Time Magazine Archive
Excus′atory, making or containing excuse: apologetic.—Excuse me, an expression used as an apology for any slight impropriety, or for controverting a statement that has been made.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
My brother was just on the point of controverting a proposition that I had laid down, when he cast a glance through the window....
From Gabriel A Story of the Jews in Prague by Kohn, Spiegfried
Nay, they have more than acquiesced; for, till now, without controverting the obligations of such treaties, they have made all the requisite provisions for carrying them into effect.
From Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. by Lossing, Benson John
