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[Formed as if from a Lat. controversio, from con trovers or to dispute, to en. gage in controversy.] , pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pot IMG:content-0821.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0822.png:[blocks in formation] con-tro-věr-sỹ, *con-tra-ver-sy, s. [Fr. con- troverse; Prov., Sp., Port., & Ital. con trovers i a, from Lat. con trovers i a =(1) a turning against an attack, (2) a civil lawsuit, (3) a debate, a dispute, a quarrel; con trovers us disputed; con trovers or = to be at variance: contro (the same as contra ) = against, and versus , pa. par. of ver to =to turn.] *1. Opposition, resolute resistance. "The torrent roar'd, and we did buffet it With lusty sinews, throwing it aside And stemming it with hearts of controversy ." Shakesp.: Julius Cæsar , i. 2. IMG:content-0823.png:[blocks in formation] the contumacious resistance which they were in the habit of offering "-Macaulay: Hist. Eng., ch. xviii. II. Law : Disobedient to the orders of a court; in contempt. "If he were contumacious , he might be excommunicated, ."-Macaulay: Hist . Enc., ch. vi. For the difference between contumacious and obstinate , see OBSTINATE. căn-tu-mā-cio us-ne , s . [Eng.contumacious; -ne . The quality or state of being contumacious; obstinacy, perversene , stubbornne ; contumacy. the difficulty and contumacious ne of cure." "Such a fund of contumacity."-Carlyle: Miscell ., iv. 80. căn-tu-ma-çỹ, s. [ Lat.contumacia , from con- tumax .] [CONTUMACIOUS.] I. Ord. Lang.: Perversene , obstinacy, or stub- bornne in opposition to lawful authority. "Such acts Of contumacy will provoke the Highest." Milton: P. L. , x. 1,026. II. Law : Willful contempt of and disobedience to the orders or summons of a legally constituted court. It is punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both. Crabb thus discriminates between contumacy and rebellion: "Resistance to lawful authority is the common idea included in the signification of both these terms, but contumacy does not expre so much as rebellion : the contumacious resist only occasionally; the rebel resists systematically: the contumacious stand only on certain points and oppose the individual; the rebel sets himself up against the authority itself; the contumacious thwart and contradict, they never resort to open violence; the rebel acts only by main force; con- tumacy shelters itself under the plea of equity and justice; rebellion sets all law and order at defi- ance." (Crabb: Eng. Synon.) căn-tu-me-li-ous, a . [Lat.contumeliosus, from contumelia =contumely (q. v.).] 1. Reproachful, contemptuous, insolent, taunting. "With scoffs and scorns and contumelious taunts." Shakesp.: Hen. VI . , Pt . I., 1. 4. 2. Making use of contemptuous or abusive lan- guage or conduct; rude, insolent, abusive. "There is yet another sort of contumelious persons, "-Government of the Tongue. "It is of Love, as of Fortune, That chaungeth oft and nill contune." IMG:content-0824.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0825.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0826.png:[blocks in formation] conus able *con-u-sa-ble, a . [A corruption of cognizable (q. v.).] Cognizable; liable or proper to be tried or judged. "He is a judge of one of those courts, where matrimonial causes are conus able ." -Bishop Barlow: Remains, p. 365.