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

If Socinus had recollected this, he might have spared himself the trouble of controverting a notion never maintained by the orthodox, i.e. that the Deity was individually divided.

From Christian Sects in the Nineteenth Century by Cornwallis, Caroline Frances

There was no controverting this opinion, so we continued our journey.

From Hurricane Hurry by Kingston, William Henry Giles

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