oppugn
[verb]
Synonyms: contend, battle, fight, tug, war

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oppugn verb. [ǝ'pju:n] LME.
[Latin oppugnare, formed as OB- + pugnare fight.]
1. verb trans. Fight against, attack, assault. LME-M19.

2. verb trans. Assail or oppose with words, action, etc.; esp. call into question, dispute the truth or validity of (a statement, belief, etc.). E16.
■ W. Prynne Such of those Tenets which haue beene constantly oppugned, repelled, disclaimed.
b. verb trans. Of a thing: conflict with, run counter to. Now rare. L16.
c. verb intrans. Fight, contend. L16.

3. verb trans. Oppose (a statement, argument, etc.) to another; maintain in opposition. L18-M19.

■ oppugnable adjective (rare) L19.

■ oppugnate verb trans. & intrans. (rare) = OPPUGN M18-E19.

■ oppug'nation noun (now rare) [Latin oppugnatio(n-)] the action of oppugning M16.

■ oppugner noun M16.

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