"oppugn" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /əˈpjuːn/ Audio: en-us-oppugn.ogg [US] Forms: oppugns [present, singular, third-person], oppugning [participle, present], oppugned [participle, past], oppugned [past]
Rhymes: -uːn Etymology: From Middle French oppugner Latin oppugno (“fight against, to attack, assail, assault, storm, besiege, war with”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|oppugner|}} Middle French oppugner, {{uder|en|la|oppugno||fight against, to attack, assail, assault, storm, besiege, war with}} Latin oppugno (“fight against, to attack, assail, assault, storm, besiege, war with”) Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: rare, transitive Derived forms: oppugnable, oppugnancy, oppugnant, oppugner Related terms: impugn, pugnacious, repugnant

Inflected forms

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