Search the Dictionary

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

Capable of being impugned; that may be gainsaid.

Act of impugning; opposition; attack. [Obs.] A perpetual impugnation and self-conflict. Bp. Hall.

One who impugns.

The act of impugning, or the state of being impugned. Ed. Rev.

Incapable of being subdued by force; impregnable; unconquerable. Burke. A fortress, inexpugnable by the arts of war. Milman.

So as to be inexpugnable; in an inexpugnable manner. Dr. H. More.

e; to resist. They said the manner of their impeachment they could not but conceive did oppugn the rights of Parliament. Clarendon.

The act of oppugning; opposition; resistance. Shak.

Tending to awaken hostility; hostile; opposing; warring. "Oppugnant forces." I. Taylor. -- n.

Opposition. [R.] Bp. Hall.

One who opposes or attacks; that which opposes. Selden.

To contend for; to defend; to vindicate. [Obs.] Hammond.

A fortress. [Obs.] Howell.

Means of defense; defense. [Obs.] Shak.

A defender; a vindicator. "Zealous propugners." Gov. of Tongue.

To fight against; to oppose; to resist. [R.] Stubbornly he did repugn the truth. Shak.

Capable of being repugned or resisted. [R.] Sir T. North.

The state or condition of being repugnant; opposition; contrariety; especially, a strong instinctive antagonism; aversion; reluctance; unwillingness, as of mind, passions, principles, qualities, and the like. That which causes us to lose most of our time is the repugnance which we naturally have to labor. Dryden. Let t…

sive; -- usually followed by to, rarely and less properly by with; as, all rudeness was repugnant to her nature. [His sword] repugnant to command. Shak. There is no breach of a divine law but is more or less repugnant unto the will of the Lawgiver, God himself. Perkins.