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t. [imp. & p.
p. Oppugned (?); p pr. & vb. n.
Oppugning.] [OF. oppugner, L. oppugnare;
ob (see Ob-) + pugnare to fight. See
Impugn.] To fight against; to attack; to be in conflict
with; to oppose; to resist.

They said the manner of their impeachment they could
not but conceive did oppugn the rights of
Parliament.

Clarendon.

Op*pug"nan*cy (?), n. [See
Oppugnant.] The act of oppugning; opposition;
resistance. Shak.

Op*pug"nant (?), a. [L.
oppugnans, p. pr. of oppugnare. See Oppugn.]
Tending to awaken hostility; hostile; opposing; warring.
"Oppugnant forces." I. Taylor. -- n.
An opponent. [R.] Coleridge.

Op`pug*na"tion (?), n. [L.
oppugnatio: cf. OF. oppugnation.]
Opposition. [R.] Bp. Hall.

Op*pugn"er (?), n. One who opposes
or attacks; that which opposes. Selden.

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