Impugn
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| # To verbally [[assault]], especially to argue against an opinion, motive, or action; to question the truth or validity of. | # To verbally [[assault]], especially to argue against an opinion, motive, or action; to question the truth or validity of. | ||
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| - | Borrowed from Middle French ''impugner'', from Latin ''impugnō'', from ''im-' + ''[[pugnō]]'' (“fight”), from ''[[pugnus]]'' (“fist”), as in English pugilism (“fighting with fists, boxing”). | + | 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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- To assault, attack.
- To verbally assault, especially to argue against an opinion, motive, or action; to question the truth or validity of.
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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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