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controverses

controverses is the plural of controverse.

Meaning of controverse

Noun

controverse (plural controverses)

  1. (obsolete) Controversy.
    • So fitly now here commeth next in place,
      After the proofe of prowesse ended well,
      The controverse of beauties soveraine grace […]1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

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Questions about controverses

What is controverses the plural of?
Controverses is the plural of controverse.

Words near controverses in the dictionary

  1. controversal
  2. controversary
  3. controverse
  4. controverser
  5. controversers
  6. controverses
  7. controversial
  8. controversialism
  9. controversialisms
  10. controversialist
  11. controversialists

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