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oppugn

English

Etymology

From Middle French oppugner Latin oppugno (fight against, to attack, assail, assault, storm, besiege, war with)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??pju?n/
  • Rhymes: -u?n

Verb

oppugn (third-person singular simple present oppugns, present participle oppugning, simple past and past participle oppugned)

  1. (transitive, rare) To contradict or controvert; to oppose; to challenge or question the truth or validity of a given statement.
    • 1761 Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume III, page 180, London: R. and J. Dodsley.
      It is for the same reason, that is, because 'tis all comprehended in Slawkenbergius, that I say nothing likewise of Scroderus (Andrea) who all the world knows, set himself to oppugn Prignitz with great violence, ---- proving it in his own way, first logically, and then by a series of stubborn facts

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Derived terms

Related terms

  • impugn
  • pugnacious
  • repugnant

Anagrams

  • pop gun, popgun

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