| 单词 |
controversion |
| 释义 |
controversion|kɒntrəˈvɜːʃən|
[a. med.L. contrōversiōn-em, OF. controversion controversy, f. L. contrōvers-us: see controversed and -ion1. In sense 2 treated as n. of action from controvert.]
†1. A controversy, a dispute. Obs.
1677Spottiswood Hist. Ch. Scot. ii. (ed. 4) 47 They..did..work them..to remit the decision of the controversion to King Edward [ed. 1, 1655, has controversie]. 1762H. Brooke Tryal Rom. Cath. 33 Any Controversion or Doubts that may arise.
2. The action of controverting.
1762H. Brooke Tryal Rom. Cath. 55 Depositions..open to the..Cavil and Contraversion of all People. 1846Worcester, Controversion, act of controverting, dispute, Hooker. 1889Pall Mall G. 7 Nov. 2/3 Allow me space for a few words in controversion of your statement.
3. A turning in the opposite direction. lit. and fig. (also contraversion.)
1684R. H. Sch. Recreat. 53 Controversion..in Wheeling is performed by the Front of the Squadron, so that whilst the Rank makes the Motion, the File remains. 1860A. L. Windsor Ethica vii. 339 A similar fundamental controversion in ethics seems to have taken place in Greece to that which took place in Italy in Macchiavelli's time. |
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