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Definition of impugned

Impugned
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 in question; to make insinuations against; to gainsay; to oppose. The truth hereof I will net rashly pugn, or overboldly affirm. --Peacham.
Impugn
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 in question; to make insinuations against; to gainsay; to oppose. The truth hereof I will net rashly pugn, or overboldly affirm. --Peacham.

Meaning of impugned from wikipedia

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- weight. Thus it denies the individual worth of the human personality, impugns the teaching that nationhood and race have a primary significance, and...
- Democratic war hero candidates, from John Kerry to Max Cleland, had been impugned so successfully that a neologism for such smears—to 'swift boat'—was coined...
- Russia should respect the results that have been presented, rather than impugning the investigation and sowing doubt." 1 October Iranian news sources reported...
- truth and that of utility, is considered the strongest. Let the opinions impugned be the belief of God and in a ****ure state, or any of the commonly received...
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- 2021. The conference comes in the wake of several explosive scandals impugning well-respected Islamic teachers, including Bayyinah Institute founder...
- had tried to trash his company's value by masquerading as Adam Peer and impugning Granger, so that his wife would receive in their divorce only a share...
- late January and early February 1943. Flynn's attorney, Jerry Giesler, impugned the accusers' character and morals, and accused them of numerous indiscretions...