A controversy (1886 -- 93) between Great Britain and the United States as to the right of Canadians not licensed by the United States to carry on seal fishing in the Bering Sea, over which the United States claimed jurisdiction as a mare clausum. A court of arbitration, meeting in Paris in 1893, decided against the claim of the United States, but established regulations for the preservation of the fur seal. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
a.
The temple of Janus, with his two controversal faces. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Controversial. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ L. controversari, fr. controversus turned against, disputed. ] To dispute; to controvert. [ Obs. ] “Controversed causes.” Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. controverse. ] Controversy. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A disputant. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. LL. controversialis. ] Relating to, or consisting of, controversy; disputatious; polemical;
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Whole libraries of controversial books. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who carries on a controversy; a disputant. [ 1913 Webster ]
He [ Johnson ] was both intellectually and morally of the stuff of which controversialists are made. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a controversial manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Act of controverting; controversy. [ Obs. ] Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A controverser. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
This left no room for controversy about the title. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
A dispute is commonly oral, and a controversy in writing. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]
The Lord hath a controversy with the nations. Jer. xxv. 31. [ 1913 Webster ]
When any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment. 2 Sam. xv. 2.
n. [ See Extrorse. ]
n. [ See Introvert. ] The act of introverting, or the state of being introverted; the act of turning the mind inward. Berkeley. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. (Psychol.) directed inward; marked by interest in oneself or concerned with inner feelings. Contrasted with
n. [ Cf. F. rétroversion. See Retrovert. ] A turning or bending backward; also, the state of being turned or bent backward; displacement backwards;
☞ In retroversion the bending is gradual or curved; in retroflexion it is abrupt or angular. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Not involving controversy. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]