propugnv.

Brit.

/prə(ʊ)ˈpjuːn/, U.S.

/prəˈpjun/,

/proʊˈpjun/

Forms: late Middle English–1500s propugne, 1600s–1700s propung, 1600s– propugn.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin prōpugnāre.

Etymology: < classical Latin prōpugnāre to fight in defence of a position, to defend < prō- pro- prefix¹ + pugnāre to fight (see pugne v.). Compare Middle French propugner (1522), Italian propugnare (a1484).

Now rare.

transitive. To fight or contend for or on behalf of (someone or something); to defend, champion, or vindicate (an opinion, doctrine, etc.). Also occasionally intransitive: to fight.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > justification > justify [verb (transitive)] > vindicate > by argument

excusec1315

defend1340

propugnc1429

justify1477

recommend1602

asserta1643

c1429 Mirour Mans Saluacioune (1986) l. 4058 Bot oure deffensatrice Marie for vs alway propugnys [glossed feghts for vs].

a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 48 To stand stiffly..against our adversaries and to propugne our side.

1629 H. Burton Truth's Triumph 218 Scriptures and Fathers were..so strongly propugned and maintained by Luther.

1667 J. Stewart Naphtali To Rdr. sig. B^v They, more or less eminently, assert and Propugn this or that particular Truth.

1716 Protesters Vindicated Epistle to Reader Things here maintained and propugned, in that Common Cause of Covenanted Reformation, to which they all desire to adhere.

1817 A. Bower Hist. Univ. Edinb. I. v. 134 The candidates were engaged in defending, or, as it was technically called, in propugning the theses.

1835 Penny Cycl. III. 505/1 He is afterwards assigned a title on the civil law, on which he writes and publicly defends or propugns a thesis.

1992 Cultural Anthropol. 7 227 Thus the present critique, in the spirit of Marx's German Ideology or Pope's Dunciad, uses the techniques of the mendacious worldview for the sake of propugning the naïve worldview.

Derivatives

proˈpugning n. and adj.

ΚΠ

1633 W. Prynne Histrio-mastix 722 To give a satisfactory answer to all their chiefe Play-propugning Objections.

1654 H. Hammond Of Fundamentals in Misc. Theol. Wks. (1847) II. 114 For propugning of our faith.

1716 Protesters Vindicated Epistle to Reader They cannot say that these are not Substantial Doctrines wherein they differ or that the obstinat Propugning of Errors about these points is not Heresy.

1884 A. Bain Pract. Ess. vi. 191 The pass for Graduation consisted in the propugning or impugning of questions by each candidate in turn.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	propugn
释义	propugnv. Brit. /prə(ʊ)ˈpjuːn/, U.S. /prəˈpjun/, /proʊˈpjun/ Forms: late Middle English–1500s propugne, 1600s–1700s propung, 1600s– propugn. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin prōpugnāre. Etymology: < classical Latin prōpugnāre to fight in defence of a position, to defend < prō- pro- prefix¹ + pugnāre to fight (see pugne v.). Compare Middle French propugner (1522), Italian propugnare (a1484). Now rare. transitive. To fight or contend for or on behalf of (someone or something); to defend, champion, or vindicate (an opinion, doctrine, etc.). Also occasionally intransitive: to fight. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > justification > justify [verb (transitive)] > vindicate > by argument excusec1315 defend1340 propugnc1429 justify1477 recommend1602 asserta1643 c1429 Mirour Mans Saluacioune (1986) l. 4058 Bot oure deffensatrice Marie for vs alway propugnys [glossed feghts for vs]. a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 48 To stand stiffly..against our adversaries and to propugne our side. 1629 H. Burton Truth's Triumph 218 Scriptures and Fathers were..so strongly propugned and maintained by Luther. 1667 J. Stewart Naphtali To Rdr. sig. B^v They, more or less eminently, assert and Propugn this or that particular Truth. 1716 Protesters Vindicated Epistle to Reader Things here maintained and propugned, in that Common Cause of Covenanted Reformation, to which they all desire to adhere. 1817 A. Bower Hist. Univ. Edinb. I. v. 134 The candidates were engaged in defending, or, as it was technically called, in propugning the theses. 1835 Penny Cycl. III. 505/1 He is afterwards assigned a title on the civil law, on which he writes and publicly defends or propugns a thesis. 1992 Cultural Anthropol. 7 227 Thus the present critique, in the spirit of Marx's German Ideology or Pope's Dunciad, uses the techniques of the mendacious worldview for the sake of propugning the naïve worldview. Derivatives proˈpugning n. and adj. ΚΠ 1633 W. Prynne Histrio-mastix 722 To give a satisfactory answer to all their chiefe Play-propugning Objections. 1654 H. Hammond Of Fundamentals in Misc. Theol. Wks. (1847) II. 114 For propugning of our faith. 1716 Protesters Vindicated Epistle to Reader They cannot say that these are not Substantial Doctrines wherein they differ or that the obstinat Propugning of Errors about these points is not Heresy. 1884 A. Bain Pract. Ess. vi. 191 The pass for Graduation consisted in the propugning or impugning of questions by each candidate in turn. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.c1429
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