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impugn

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im·pugn  (m-pyn)
tr.v. im·pugned, im·pugn·ing, im·pugns
To attack as false or questionable; challenge in argument: impugn a political opponent's record.
[Middle English impugnen, from Old French impugner, from Latin impugnre : in-, against; see in-2 + pugnre, to fight; see peuk- in Indo-European roots.]
im·pugna·ble adj.
im·pugner n.
impugn [imp-yoon]
Verb
Formal to challenge or attack as false [Latin impugnare to fight against]
impugnment n
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Verb1.impugn - attack as false or wrong
challenge - issue a challenge to; "Fischer challenged Spassky to a match"
Translations
Spanish impugn [ɪmˈpjuːn] vt → impugnar
French impugn [ɪmˈpjuːn] vt → contester, attaquer
German impugn [ɪmˈpjuːn] vt → angreifen;
(sincerity, motives, reputation) → in Zweifel ziehen
Italian impugn [ɪmˈpjuːn] vt → impugnare
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The contemplative atheist is rare: a Diagoras, a Bion, a Lucian perhaps, and some others; and yet they seem to be more than they are; for that all that impugn a received religion, or superstition, are by the adverse part branded with the name of atheists.
The Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis View in context
And do not let any one impugn this statement with the trite proverb that "He who builds on the people, builds on the mud," for this is true when a private citizen makes a foundation there, and persuades himself that the people will free him when he is oppressed by his enemies or by the magistrates; wherein he would find himself very often deceived, as happened to the Gracchi in Rome and to Messer Giorgio Scali[+] in Florence.
The Prince by Machiavelli, Nicolo View in context
It is a hardy question, fair sir and Boss, since it doth go far to impugn the wisdom of even our holy Mother Church herself.
A Connecticut Yankee by Twain, Mark View in context
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