OPPUGN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does oppugn mean? 

• OPPUGN (verb)
  The verb OPPUGN has 1 sense:

1. challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of

  Familiarity information: OPPUGN used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OPPUGN (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they oppugn    ... he / she / it oppugns   
Past simple: oppugned   
Past participle: oppugned   
-ing form: oppugning   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

call into question; oppugn; question

Context example:

We must question your judgment in this matter

Hypernyms (to "oppugn" is one way to...):

challenge (issue a challenge to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE