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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Impugn  \Im*pugn"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Impugned};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Impugning}.]  [OE.  impugnen,  F.  impugner,  fr  L. 
  impugnare  in  on  against  +  pugnare  to  flight.  See 
  {Pugnacious}.] 
  To  attack  by  words  or  arguments;  to  contradict;  to  assail;  to 
  call  in  question;  to  make  insinuations  against;  to  gainsay; 
  to  oppose. 
 
  The  truth  hereof  I  will  net  rashly  pugn,  or  overboldly 
  affirm.  --Peacham. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  impugn 
  v  :  attack  as  false  or  wrong 




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