oppugn
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Verb (1)oppugned, oppugning
- challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of“We must question your judgment in this matter”Synonyms: questioncall into questionMore general challenge
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Op·pugn′ transitive verb [past tense & past participle Oppugned; present participle & verbal noun Oppugning.]
Origin: 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.— Edward Hyde, first earl of Clarendon
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54