OPPUGN

question, oppugn, call into question

(verb) challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of; “We must question your judgment in this matter”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

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.

Anagrams

• pop gun, popgun

Source: Wiktionary


Op*pugn", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Oppugned; p pr. & vb. n. Oppugning.] Etym: [OF. oppugner, L. oppugnare; ob (see Ob-) + pugnare to fight. See Impugn.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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