Definition of oppugn in English:

oppugn

verb əˈpjuːnəˈpjun

[with object]formal

Question the truth or validity of.
the officials whose judgement was oppugned
Example sentencesExamples
- He declared that the citizens of Boston ‘were disaffected to the Laws of the Land’ and were in a state of ‘open Rebellion, Disobedience, and Disloyalty,’ and that the clergy were foremost in ‘oppugning the Authority of the Laws of the Land.’

Derivatives

oppugner

noun

formal

If Priestley provoked Anglicans and Dissenters alike by promoting toleration for Roman Catholics in the 1760s, he would increasingly shock and enrage them by proclaiming himself ‘an oppugner of the doctrine of the trinity.’

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense 'fight against'): from Latin oppugnare 'attack, besiege', from ob- 'against' + pugnare 'to fight'.

Rhymes

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Definition of oppugn in US English:

oppugn

verbəˈpjunəˈpyo͞on

[with object]formal

Call into question the truth or validity of.
the officials whose judgement was oppugned
Example sentencesExamples
- He declared that the citizens of Boston ‘were disaffected to the Laws of the Land’ and were in a state of ‘open Rebellion, Disobedience, and Disloyalty,’ and that the clergy were foremost in ‘oppugning the Authority of the Laws of the Land.’

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense ‘fight against’): from Latin oppugnare ‘attack, besiege’, from ob- ‘against’ + pugnare ‘to fight’.

单词	oppugn
释义	Definition of oppugn in English: oppugn verb əˈpjuːnəˈpjun [with object]formal Question the truth or validity of. the officials whose judgement was oppugned Example sentencesExamples He declared that the citizens of Boston ‘were disaffected to the Laws of the Land’ and were in a state of ‘open Rebellion, Disobedience, and Disloyalty,’ and that the clergy were foremost in ‘oppugning the Authority of the Laws of the Land.’ Derivatives oppugner noun formal If Priestley provoked Anglicans and Dissenters alike by promoting toleration for Roman Catholics in the 1760s, he would increasingly shock and enrage them by proclaiming himself ‘an oppugner of the doctrine of the trinity.’ Origin Late Middle English (in the sense 'fight against'): from Latin oppugnare 'attack, besiege', from ob- 'against' + pugnare 'to fight'. Rhymes afternoon, attune, autoimmune, baboon, balloon, bassoon, bestrewn, boon, Boone, bridoon, buffoon, Cameroon, Cancún, cardoon, cartoon, Changchun, cocoon, commune, croon, doubloon, dragoon, dune, festoon, galloon, goon, harpoon, hoon, immune, importune, impugn, Irgun, jejune, June, Kowloon, lagoon, lampoon, loon, macaroon, maroon, monsoon, moon, Muldoon, noon, picayune, platoon, poltroon, pontoon, poon, prune, puccoon, raccoon, Rangoon, ratoon, rigadoon, rune, saloon, Saskatoon, Sassoon, Scone, soon, spittoon, spoon, swoon, Troon, tune, tycoon, typhoon, Walloon Definition of oppugn in US English: oppugn verbəˈpjunəˈpyo͞on [with object]formal Call into question the truth or validity of. the officials whose judgement was oppugned Example sentencesExamples He declared that the citizens of Boston ‘were disaffected to the Laws of the Land’ and were in a state of ‘open Rebellion, Disobedience, and Disloyalty,’ and that the clergy were foremost in ‘oppugning the Authority of the Laws of the Land.’ Origin Late Middle English (in the sense ‘fight against’): from Latin oppugnare ‘attack, besiege’, from ob- ‘against’ + pugnare ‘to fight’.
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