Oppugned

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  • v. Simple past tense and past participle of oppugn.
  • Word Usage
    "In such esteem it continued for many ages, till at length Mesue and some other Arabians began to reject and reprehend it, upon whose authority for many following lustres, it was much debased and quite out of request, held to be poison and no medicine; and is still oppugned to this day by [4225] Crato and some junior physicians."
    Verb Form
    oppugned    oppugning    oppugns   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    challenge   
    Form
    oppugned    oppugning   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    attack    oppose    resist    impugn