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IMPUGN
impugn
(verb) attack as false or wrong
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
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.
Synonyms
• (to question the validity of): call into question, challenge, contest, contradict, deny, disavow, dispute, oppugn, negate
Antonyms
• (to question the validity of): authenticate, endorse, support
Anagrams
• 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
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