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Definition of Impugn

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 Impugn from wikipedia

- misrepresentations of her story in an attempt to heighten drama in ways that impugn her character, particularly in the editing of the show's final minutes....
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- 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...
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- 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...
- the S****ey v. Kraemer case and therefore legally unenforceable.: 94  To impugn a contract means attacking the integrity of the contract. A way it can be...
- demonstrate genuine folk music in his works are without basis. Richard Taruskin impugns Schumann's attitude toward Chopin's works as patronising, and comments...
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