About The Word Oppugn
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Oppugn
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What's The Definition Of Oppugn?
[v] challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of; "We must question your judgment in this matter"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Oppugn: call into question | question Related Terms | Find terms related to Oppugn: antagonize | battle | be antipathetic | be at cross-purposes | be contrary to | be inimical | be opposed to | beat against | belie | call into question | challenge | clash | collide | conflict | conflict with | confute | contest | contradict | contrapose | contrast with | contravene | controvert | counter | counteract | counterattack | counterbalance | countercheck | counterpoise | counterpose | countervail | counterwork | cross | deny | fight | gainsay | go against | go counter to | interfere with | juxtapose in opposition | lock horns | meet head-on | militate against | negate | offset | oppose | play at cross-purposes | rebut | reject | resist | run against | run counter to | set off | swim upstream | traverse | tug | war | work against See Also | challenge Oppugn In Webster's Dictionary \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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