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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 [ɪmˈpjuːn]
vb
(tr) to challenge or attack as false; assail; criticize
[from Old French impugner, from Latin impugnāre to fight against, attack, from im- + pugnāre to fight]
impugnable  adj
impugnation  [ˌɪmpʌgˈneɪʃən], impugnment n
impugner  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.impugn - attack as false or wrong
challenge - issue a challenge to; "Fischer challenged Spassky to a match"

impugn
verb (Formal) challenge, question, attack, dispute, criticize, call into question, assail, gainsay (archaic or literary), traduce, cast doubt upon I hope the good name of the company will not be impugned.
Translations
impugn [ɪmˈpjuːn] VT [+ integrity, honesty, motives] → poner en duda; [+ theory] → cuestionar; [+ testimony] → impugnar
impugn [ɪmˈpjuːn] vt [+ motives, integrity] → contester
impugn
vt personangreifen; sb’s behaviour etc alsoscharfe Kritik üben an (+dat); sb’s honesty, motivesin Zweifel ziehen, Zweifel hegen an (+dat); statement, evidence, veracity of witnessbestreiten, anfechten
impugn [ɪmˈpjuːn] vt (frm) → attaccare, contestare
impugn [ɪmˈpjuːn] vt (frm) → attaccare, contestare


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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.
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.
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.
 
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