Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to oppugn
Participle: oppugned
Gerund: oppugning
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | oppugn |
| you | oppugn |
| he;she;it | oppugns |
| we | oppugn |
| you | oppugn |
| they | oppugn |
Perfect
| I | have oppugned |
| you | have oppugned |
| he;she;it | has oppugned |
| we | have oppugned |
| you | have oppugned |
| they | have oppugned |
Past
| I | oppugned |
| you | oppugned |
| he;she;it | oppugned |
| we | oppugned |
| you | oppugned |
| they | oppugned |
Pluperfect
| I | had oppugned |
| you | had oppugned |
| he;she;it | had oppugned |
| we | had oppugned |
| you | had oppugned |
| they | had oppugned |
Future
| I | will oppugn |
| you | will oppugn |
| he;she;it | will oppugn |
| we | will oppugn |
| you | will oppugn |
| they | will oppugn |
Future Perfect
| I | will have oppugned |
| you | will have oppugned |
| he;she;it | will have oppugned |
| we | will have oppugned |
| you | will have oppugned |
| they | will have oppugned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | oppugn |
| you | oppugn |
| he;she;it | oppugn |
| we | oppugn |
| you | oppugn |
| they | oppugn |
Perfect
| I | have oppugned |
| you | have oppugned |
| he;she;it | have oppugned |
| we | have oppugned |
| you | have oppugned |
| they | have oppugned |
Imperfect
| I | oppugned |
| you | oppugned |
| he;she;it | oppugned |
| we | oppugned |
| you | oppugned |
| they | oppugned |
Pluperfect
| I | had oppugned |
| you | had oppugned |
| he;she;it | had oppugned |
| we | had oppugned |
| you | had oppugned |
| they | had oppugned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would oppugn |
| you | would oppugn |
| he;she;it | would oppugn |
| we | would oppugn |
| you | would oppugn |
| they | would oppugn |
Perfect
| I | would have oppugned |
| you | would have oppugned |
| he;she;it | would have oppugned |
| we | would have oppugned |
| you | would have oppugned |
| they | would have oppugned |
Imperative
| you | oppugn |
| we | Let's oppugn |
| you | oppugn |
Verbs conjugated like 'oppugn'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'oppugn'
empugn,
expugn,
impugn,
repugn,
obsign,
open,
oppone,
oppose,
option,
orphan,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle French oppugner Latin oppugno (“fight against, to attack, assail, assault, storm, besiege, war with”).
Sample Sentences
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If nothing can oppugne love,
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And virtue invious ways can prove,
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What may not he confide to do
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That brings both love and virtue too? [1662 (indicated as 1663), [Samuel Butler], “[The First Part of Hudibras]”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678; republished in A[lfred] R[ayney] Waller, editor, Hudibras: Written in the Time of the Late Wars, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1905, →OCLC:]
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It is for the same reason, that is, because 'tis all comprehended in Slawkenbergius, that I say nothing likewise of Scroderus (Andrea) who all the world knows, set himself to oppugn Prignitz with great violence, ---- proving it in his own way, first logically, and then by a series of stubborn facts [1761, Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume III, London: R. and J. Dodsley, page 180:]