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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 1.6 [wn]:
oppugn
v : call into question; challenge the accuracy, probity, or
propriety of "We must question your judgment in this
matter" [syn: {question}]
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