Part 2373

<blockquote>He [Johnson] was both intellectually and morally of the stuff of which <b>controversialists</b> are made. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Controversially</h1> <Xpage=316>

<hw>Con`tro*ver"sial*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a controversial manner.</def>

<h1>Controversion</h1> <Xpage=316>

<hw>Con`tro*ver"sion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Act of controverting; controversy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Hooker.</i>

<h1>Controversor</h1> <Xpage=316>

<hw>Con"tro*ver`sor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A controverser.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Controversy</h1> <Xpage=316>

<hw>Con"tro*ver`sy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Controversies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>controversia</ets>, fr. <ets>controversus</ets> turned against, disputed; <ets>contro-</ets> = <ets>contra</ets> + <ets>versus</ets>, p.p. of <ets>vertere</ets> to turn. See <er>Verse</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Contention; dispute; debate; discussion; agitation of contrary opinions.</def>

<blockquote>This left no room for <b>controversy</b> about the title. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A dispute is commonly oral, and a <b>controversy</b> in writing. <i>Johnson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Quarrel; strife; cause of variance; difference.</def>

<blockquote>The Lord hath a <b>controversy</b> with the nations. <i>Jer. xxv. 31.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A suit in law or equity; a question of right.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>When any man that had a <b>controversy</b> came to the king for judgment. <i>2 Sam. xv. 2.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Dispute; debate; disputation; disagreement; altercation; contention; wrangle; strife; quarrel.</syn>

<h1>Controvert</h1> <Xpage=316>

<hw>Con"tro*vert</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p.p.</tt> <er>Controverted</er>; <tt>p.pr. & vb.n.</tt> <er>Controverting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[See <er>Controversy</er>.]</ety> <def>To make matter of controversy; to dispute or oppose by reasoning; to contend against in words or writings; to contest; to debate.</def>

<blockquote>Some <b>controverted</b> points had decided according to the sense of the best jurists. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Controverter</h1> <Xpage=316>

<hw>Con"tro*ver`ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who controverts; a controversial writer; a controversialist.</def>

<blockquote>Some <b>controverters</b> in divinity are like swaggerers in a tavern. <i>B. Jonson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Controvertible</h1> <Xpage=316>

<hw>Con`tro*ver"ti*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being controverted; disputable; admitting of question.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Con`tro*ver"ti*bly</wf>, <tt>adv</i>.</wordforms>

<h1>Controvertist</h1> <Xpage=316>

<hw>Con"tro*ver`tist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One skilled in or given to controversy; a controversialist.</def>

<blockquote>How unfriendly is the <b>controvertist</b> to the discernment of the critic! <i>Campbell.</i></blockquote>