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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Controversy \Con"tro*ver`sy\, n.; pl {Controversies}. [L.
controversia, fr controversus turned against, disputed;
contro- = contra + versus, p. p. of vertere to turn. See
{Verse}.]
1. Contention; dispute; debate; discussion; agitation of
contrary opinions.
This left no room for controversy about the title.
--Locke.
A dispute is commonly oral, and a controversy in
writing. --Johnson.
2. Quarrel; strife; cause of variance; difference.
The Lord hath a controversy with the nations. --Jer.
xxv. 31.
3. A suit in law or equity; a question of right [Obs.]
When any man that had a controversy came to the king
for judgment. --2 Sam. xv
2.
Syn: Dispute; debate; disputation; disagreement; altercation;
contention; wrangle; strife; quarrel.
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