a. Obs. [f. prec. + -IC + -AL.] Of the nature of a controversy; CONTROVERSIAL.
1704. Gentl. Instructed (1732), 350 (D.). Eudoxus told him in controvertistical debates, there was no appeal from reason to the sword.
1715. M. Davies, Athen. Brit., I. 40. He writ Innumerable Epistles, Orations, Discourses, Controvertistical Libels, Notes, Prefaces, and all manner of short Tracts and Pamphlets.
