To impugn is to call into question or cast doubt upon something.
To impugn is to call into question or cast doubt upon something.
| Front | impugn \im-PYOON\ |
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| Back | verb tr. To call in question or cast doubt upon. [Via French from Latin impugnare (to attack), from im- (towards) + pugnare (to fight), from pugnus (fist). Ultimately from the Indo-European root peuk (to prick) which is also the source of point, puncture, pungent, punctual, poignant, pounce, and poniard. Earliest documented use: 1384.] "'You can't impugn somebody's integrity without having proper evidence,' David Collier, chief executive of board, said earlier." |
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