impugn

Meaning

Verb

  • 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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Origin

  • Borrowed from Middle French impugner, from Latin impugnō, from in- + pugnō, from pugnus, as in English pugilism; from Proto-Indo-European roots.

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