Synonyme: challenge, question, contest, dispute, protest
Konjugation
| Indikativ |
|---|
| Präsens | Präterium |
|---|
| (I) controvert | (I) controverted |
| (thou) controvertest | (thou) controvertedst |
| (he) controverts, controverteth | (he) controverted |
| (we) controvert | (we) controverted |
| (you) controvert | (you) controverted |
| (they) controvert | (they) controverted |
| Konjunktiv |
|---|
| Präsens | Präterium |
|---|
| (I) controvert | (I) controverted |
| (thou) controvert | (thou) controverted |
| (he) controvert | (he) controverted |
| (we) controvert | (we) controverted |
| (you) controvert | (you) controverted |
| (they) controvert | (they) controverted |
| Imperativ |
|---|
| controvert |
| Partizipien |
|---|
| Präsenspartizip | Perfektpartizip |
|---|
| controverting | controverted |
I shall have to controvert one or two ideas that are almost universally accepted.
The other scratched his head in perplexity, for he realized that here was an argument that would be difficult to controvert.