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oppugn - 3 dictionary results
op⋅pugn
[uh-pyoon] 
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | to assail by criticism, argument, or action. |
| 2. | to call in question; dispute. |
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| op·pugn (ə-pyōōn') tr.v. op·pugned, op·pugn·ing, op·pugns To oppose, contradict, or call into question. [Middle English oppugnen, from Latin oppugnāre, to attack : ob-, against; see ob- + pugnāre, to fight with the fist; see peuk- in Indo-European roots.] op·pugn'er n. |
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Oppugn
Op*pugn"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Oppugned; p pr. & vb. n. Oppugning.] [OF. oppugner, L. oppugnare; ob (see Ob-) + pugnare to fight. See Impugn.] To fight against; to attack; to be in conflict with; to oppose; to resist. They said the manner of their impeachment they could not but conceive did oppugn the rights of Parliament. --Clarendon.
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