Webster's Dictionary 1913

7534

Controversial

Con′tro‐ver″sial (?), a. [Cf. LL. controversialis.] Relating to, or consisting of, controversy; disputatious; polemical; as, controversial divinity.Whole libraries of controvers...

7535

Controversialist

Con′tro‐ver″sial‐ist, n. One who carries on a controversy; a disputant.He was both intellectually and morally of the stuff of which controversialists are made.Macaulay.

7536

Controversially

Con′tro‐ver″sial‐ly, adv. In a controversial manner.

7537

Controversion

Con′tro‐ver″sion (?), n. Act of controverting; controversy. Hooker.

7538

Controversor

Con″tro‐ver′sor (?), n. A controverser.

7539

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. Co...

7540

Controvert

Con″tro‐vert (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Controverted; p. pr. & vb. n.Controverting.] [See Controversy.] To make matter of controversy; to dispute or oppose by reasoning; to contend...

7541

Controverter

Con″tro‐ver′ter (?), n. One who controverts; a controversial writer; a controversialist.Some controverters in divinity are like swaggerers in a tavern.B. Jonson.

7542

Controvertible

Con′tro‐ver″ti‐ble (?), a. Capable of being controverted; disputable; admitting of question. — Con′tro‐ver″ti‐bly, adv.

7543

Controvertist

Con″tro‐ver′tist (?), n. One skilled in or given to controversy; a controversialist.How unfriendly is the controvertist to the discernment of the critic!Campbell.

7544

Contubernal

{ Con‐tu″ber‐nal (kŏn‐tū″bẽr‐nal), Con′tu‐ber″ni‐al (kŏn′tū̍‐bẽr″nĭ‐al) }, a. [L. contubernalis a tent companion, fr. contubernium tent companionship.] Living or messing togethe...

7545

Contumacious

Con′tu‐ma″cious (kŏn′tū̍‐mā″shŭs), a. [L. contumax, -acis. See Contumacy.] 1. Exhibiting contumacy; contemning authority; obstinate; perverse; stubborn; disobedient.There is ano...

7546

Contumacy

Con″tu‐ma‐cy (kŏn″tū̍‐mȧ‐sy̆), n.; pl.Contumacies (–sĭz). [L. contumacia, fr. contumax, -acis, insolent; prob. akin to contemnere to despise: cf. F. contumace. Cf. Contemn.] 1. ...

7547

Contumelious

Con′tu‐me″li‐ous (? or?; 106), a. [L. contumeliosus.] 1. Exhibiting contumely; rudely contemptuous; insolent; disdainful.Scoffs, and scorns, and contumelious taunts.Shak.Curving...

7548

Contumely

Con″tu‐me‐ly (?), n. [L. contumelia, prob. akin to contemnere to despise: cf. OF. contumelie. Cf. Contumacy.] Rudeness compounded of haughtiness and contempt; scornful insolence...

7549

Contuse

Con‐tuse″ (kŏn‐tūz″), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Contused (–tūzd″); p. pr. & vb. n.Contusing.] [L. contusus, p. p. of contundere to beat, crush; con- + tundere to beat, akin to Skr. tud...

7550

Contusion

Con‐tu″sion (kŏn‐tū″zhŭn), n. [L. contusio: cf. F. contusion.] 1. The act or process of beating, bruising, or pounding; the state of being beaten or bruised.2. (Med.) A bruise; ...

7551

Conundrum

Co‐nun″drum (?), n. 1. A kind of riddle based upon some fanciful or fantastic resemblance between things quite unlike; a puzzling question, of which the answer is or involves a ...

7552

Conure

Co‐nure″ (kō̍‐nūr″), n. [NL. conurus, fr. Gr. κω̑νοσ a cone + ουρἄ tail. The name alludes to the tapering tail.] (Zoöl.) An American parrakeet of the genus Conurus. Many species...

7553

Conus

‖Co″nus (kō″nŭs), n. 1. A cone.2. (Zoöl.) A Linnean genus of mollusks having a conical shell. See Cone, n., 4.

7554

Conusable

Con″u‐sa‐ble (?), a. Cognizable; liable to be tried or judged. Bp. Barlow.

7555

Conusant

Con″u‐sant (?), a.(Law) See Cognizant.

7556

Conusor

Con′u‐sor″ (?), n.(Law) See Cognizor.

7557

Convalesce

Con′va‐lesce″ (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Convalesced (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Convalescing.] [L. convalscere; con- + valescere to grow strong, v. incho. of valere to be strong. See Vali...

7558

Convalesced

Con′va‐lesced″ (?), a. Convalescent.He found the queen somewhat convalesced.J. Knox.

7559

Convalescence

{ Con′va‐les″cence (?), Con′va‐les″cen‐cy (?) }, n. [L. convalescentia: cf. F. convalescence.] The recovery of heath and strength after disease; the state of a body renewing its...

7560

Convalescent

Con′va‐les″cent (?), a. [L. convalescens, -entis, p. pr.: cf. F. convalescent.] 1. Recovering from sickness or debility; partially restored to health or strength.2. Of or pertai...