Hypertext Webster Gateway: "oppugn"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
oppugn
v : challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of; "We must
question your judgment in this matter" [syn: {question},
{call into question}]
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