oppugn
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Etymology[edit]
From Middle French oppugner Latin oppugno (“fight against, to attack, assail, assault, storm, besiege, war with”)
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Verb[edit]
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.
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Conjugation of oppugn
| infinitive | (to) oppugn | |||
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| 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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