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Webster 1913 Edition
Oppugn
Op-pugn′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Oppugned
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Oppugning
.] 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Oppugn
OPPUGN
, v.t oppu'ne. [L. oppugno; ob and pugno, to fight, from pugnus, the fist.]To attack; to oppose; to resist.
They said the manner of their impeachment they could not but conceive did oppugn the rights of parliament.
[It is never used in the literal sense, to fight.]
Definition 2024
oppugn
oppugn
English
Verb
oppugn (third-person singular simple present oppugns, present participle oppugning, simple past and past participle oppugned)
- (transitive, rare) To contradict or controvert; to oppose; to challenge or question the truth or validity of a given statement.
- 1761 Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume III, page 180, London: R. and J. Dodsley.
- It is for the same reason, that is, because 'tis all comprehended in Slawkenbergius, that I say nothing likewise of Scroderus (Andrea) who all the world knows, set himself to oppugn Prignitz with great violence, ---- proving it in his own way, first logically, and then by a series of stubborn facts
- 1761 Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume III, page 180, London: R. and J. Dodsley.
Conjugation
Conjugation of oppugn
| infinitive | (to) oppugn | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | oppugn | oppugned | ||
| 2nd person singular | oppugn, oppugnest1 |
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| 3rd person singular | oppugns, oppugneth1 |
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| plural | oppugn | |||
| subjunctive | oppugn | |||
| imperative | oppugn | — | ||
| participles | oppugning | oppugned | ||
| 1) Archaic or obsolete. | ||||
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