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Impugn

//ɪmˈpjuːn// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To assault, attack. obsolete, transitive
  2. 2
    attack as false or wrong wordnet
  3. 3
    To verbally assault, especially to argue against an opinion, motive, or action; to question the truth or validity of; cast doubt on. transitive

    "For quotations using this term, see Citations:impugn."

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French impugner, from Latin impugnō, from im- + pugnō (“fight”), from pugnus (“fist”), as in English pugilism (“fighting with fists, boxing”).

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