1633 W. Prynne 722 To give a satisfactory answer to all their chiefe Play-propugning Objections.
1654 H. Hammond Of Fundamentals in (1847) II. 114 For propugning of our faith.
1716 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 vi. 191 The pass for Graduation consisted in the propugning or impugning of questions by each candidate in turn.