impugn
(verb) attack as false or wrong
Source: WordNet® 3.1
impugn (third-person singular simple present impugns, present participle impugning, simple past and past participle impugned)
(transitive, obsolete) To assault, attack.
(transitive) To verbally assault, especially to argue against an opinion, motive, or action; to question the truth or validity of.
• (to question the validity of): call into question, challenge, contest, contradict, deny, disavow, dispute, oppugn, negate
• (to question the validity of): authenticate, endorse, support
• Muping, umping
Source: Wiktionary
Im*pugn", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impugned; p. pr. & vb. n. Impugning.] Etym: [OE. impugnen, F. impugner, fr. L. impugnare; in on, against + pugnare to flight. See Pugnacious.]
Definition: To attack by words or arguments; to contradict; to assail; to call in question; to make insinuations against; to gainsay; to oppose. The truth hereof I will net rashly pugn, or overboldly affirm. Peacham.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
31 March 2025
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
