tr.v. op·pugned, op·pugn·ing, op·pugns To oppose, contradict, or call into question. [Middle English oppugnen, from Latin oppugnāre, to attack : ob-, against; see OB- + pugnāre, to fight with the fist; see peuk- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] op·pugner n. |
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