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oppugnant, a. (n.)|əˈpʌgnənt|
[ad. L. oppugnānt-em, pr. pple. of oppugnāre to oppugn.]
Opposing, antagonistic, contrary, repugnant.
1513Bradshaw St. Werburge ii. 1868 To infringe theyr fraunchis..By fals recordes oppugnant to ryght. 1651Wittie tr. Primrose's Pop. Err. i. iv. 12 From thence we may gather, that the curing of diseases in it self..is not oppugnant to the Ecclesiasticall office. 1751Warburton Notes Pope III. 86 By overthrowing the oppugnant principle of no natural justice. 1890Q. Rev. Oct. 294 One to whom anything approaching inaccuracy and unthoroughness were..oppugnant.
B. n. One who opposes, an opponent. rare.
a1834Coleridge in Lit. Rem. (1838) III. 165 A new sect naturally..sets another portion into activity as alarmists and oppugnants. |