controvert

verb

Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin contrōvertere, from Latin contrō- (“against”) + vertere (“to turn”).

1. To dispute, to argue about (something).
2. To argue against (something or someone); to contradict, to deny.

   “[T]hat women from their education and the present state of civilized life, are in the same condition, cannot, I think, be controverted.”

3. To be involved or engaged in controversy; to argue.