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oppugn

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op⋅pugn

  [uh-pyoon]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to assail by criticism, argument, or action.
2. to call in question; dispute.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L oppugnāre to oppose, attack, equiv. to op- op- + pugnāre to fight, deriv. of pugnus fist; see pugilism

Related forms:
op⋅pugn⋅er, noun
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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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