impugn

  • 31impugn — v.tr. challenge or call in question (a statement, action, etc.). Derivatives: impugnable adj. impugnment n. Etymology: ME f. L impugnare assail (as IN (2), pugnare fight) …

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  • 32impugn the dignity — doubt the quality of character, call into question the worth of …

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  • 33Impugned — Impugn Im*pugn , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impugned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impugning}.] [OE. impugnen, F. impugner, fr. L. impugnare; in on, against + pugnare to flight. See {Pugnacious}.] To attack by words or arguments; to contradict; to assail; to call …

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  • 34Impugning — Impugn Im*pugn , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impugned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impugning}.] [OE. impugnen, F. impugner, fr. L. impugnare; in on, against + pugnare to flight. See {Pugnacious}.] To attack by words or arguments; to contradict; to assail; to call …

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  • 35impugner — impugnˈer noun • • • Main Entry: ↑impugn …

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  • 36deny — deny, gainsay, contradict, negative, traverse, impugn, contravene are comparable as meaning, when they refer to an act, to declare something untrue, untenable, or unworthy of consideration or, when they refer to a condition, to go counter to what …

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  • 37Myth of the Flat Earth — For mythologies involving the belief in a Flat Earth, see Flat Earth. The famous Flat Earth Flammarion engraving originates with Flammarion s 1888 L atmosphère: météorologie populaire (p. 163) …

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  • 38contest — con·test 1 /kən test/ vt: to dispute or challenge through legal procedures contest a will con·test 2 / kän ˌtest/ n: a challenge brought through formal or legal procedures boundary controversies or other contest s between states Felix… …

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  • 39dispute — dis·pute 1 /di spyüt/ vb dis·put·ed, dis·put·ing vi: to engage in a dispute disputing with management over contract terms vt: to engage in a dispute over disputing the correct application of the contract provision; esp: to oppose by argume …

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  • 40impeach — im·peach /im pēch/ vt [Anglo French empecher, from Old French empeechier to hinder, from Late Latin impedicare to fetter, from Latin in + pedica fetter, from ped pes foot] 1: to charge with a crime or misconduct; specif: to charge (a public… …

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