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oppugn
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verb
to resist; to challenge; to oppose; to question legitimacy
1805Samuel ButlerHudibrasIf nothing can oppugn love, | And virtue invious ways can prove, | What may he not confide to do | That brings both love and virtue too?1817Samuel Taylor ColeridgeBiographia LiterariaBut in promiscuous company no prudent man will oppugn the merits of a contemporary in his own supposed department; contenting himself with praising in his turn those whom he deems excellent.

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