单词 | oppugnation |
释义 | oppugnationn. Now rare. The action or an act of oppugning. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > [noun] > action of attacking assailing1340 offencec1395 overrunning?a1425 saulting1490 oppugnation1524 oppugning1535 offension1542 affronture1549 grassation1610 aggression1630 attacking1657 strafing1915 whoop-ass1974 1524 R. Copland tr. J. de Bourbon Syege Cyte of Rodes in Begynnynge Ordre Knyghtes Hospytallers sig. avv The grete syege, cruell oppugnacyon, & pyteous takynge of ye noble and renowmed [sic] cyte of Rodes. 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1822) iv. 341 To defend the vane oppugnacioun and segeing of thare wallis. 1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie 129 To the oppugnacion of Turkishe and infidell enemyes. 1654 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. Bentivoglio Compl. Hist. Warrs Flanders 185 Hither was the greatest bulk of the oppugnation brought. 1809 T. G. Fessenden Pills 8 The folly of the gun boat system of oppugnation is rendered..evident by the following examination of the subject. 2. gen. Verbal, mental, or practical opposition or obstruction; an instance of this. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun] contrariositya1340 adversitya1382 champertyc1386 contrariousness1398 thwartingc1430 contrariancec1450 contrariness?1530 withsitting1532 oppugning1535 opposition1548 oppugnation1563 thwartness1577 adverseness1580 crossing1580 breasting1594 antipathy1601 oppugnancy1609 affrontment1611 opposure1611 thortera1614 contrariancya1617 obstancy1616 oppositeness1619 contropposition1621 obstrigillation1623 opposing1624 hostility1632 opposal1638 crossness1641 affront1642 aversion1651 oppugnance1657 shock1664 opponency1727 counteraction1750 antagonism1797 throwing1816 oppositiveness1824 kick1839 variance1842 opposedness1853 againstness1909 hornet1921 adversariness1970 oppositionality1989 1563 G. Hay Confut. Abbote of Crosraguels Masse f. 10 This subtle reasoner concludeth the oppugnation of the maior. 1569 T. Watson in R. Crowley Sophistrie T. Watson ii. 78 To the oppugnation of it they neuer yet to this houre alledged any one direct scripture. 1610 Bp. J. Hall Common Apol. against Brownists xxx. 75 [They] spend their liues and labours in oppugnation of him. 1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. 387 An open and profess'd Contradiction or Oppugnation. 1795 J. Sullivan Hist. Maine 54 The Spaniards and Portuguese..considered all attempts of this nature..as a vile oppugnation of ecclesiastical authority. 1874 H. W. Beecher in Christian World Pulpit 5 393 Do you think I feel oppugnation toward them? a1924 M. Ghose Perseus Gorgon-Slayer in Coll. Poems (1970) i. 17 I..meet from your partial minds, that are but parts, Blind, moody oppugnation, hindrance dark. 1962 Amer. Hist. Rev. 67 300 Historical writers have pursued the subject of the United States and the Second World War,..not without polemics, oppugnation, prejudice.., and personal pain. 1995 U.S. Banker (Nexis) Sept. (Point of View section) 6 It's my opinion that opposition to an open financial seaices [sic] marketplace..is primarily motivated by entrenched economic interests, and this oppugnation will eventually be overcome by the political process. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1524 |
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