oppugn
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /əˈpjuːn/
oppugn (oppugns, present participle oppugning; 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 of oppugn
infinitive | (to) oppugn | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | oppugn | oppugned | |
2nd-person singular | * oppugn, oppugnest* | oppugned, oppugnedst* | |
3rd-person singular | oppugns, oppugneth* | oppugned#English|oppugned | |
plural | oppugn | ||
subjunctive | oppugn | ||
imperative | oppugn | — | |
participle> participles | oppugning | oppugned | |
* Archaic or obsolete. |
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