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
There was no controverting such a reply, and though my sympathies were with the pessimistic Weston, I dared not raise my voice in defence of his logic as against this young brother.
From The Soldier of the Valley by Nelson Lloyd
In controverting another man's book, you have to follow the order of his ideas instead of that in which your own are most easily expounded.
From The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice by Sir Leslie Stephen
Justice Curtis found no more difficulty in controverting these propositions than those upon the first point treated in the opinion of the Chief Justice.
From The Middle Period 1817-1858 by John William Burgess
