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oppugnate

oppugnate verb: to oppose.

Verb

oppugnate (third-person singular simple present oppugnates, present participle oppugnating, simple past and past participle oppugnated)

  1. (formal, transitive) To oppose.

Forms of oppugnate

third-person singular presentoppugnates
present participleoppugnating
past participleoppugnated
pastoppugnated

Questions about oppugnate

What does oppugnate mean?
Oppugnate means to oppose.
What part of speech is oppugnate?
Oppugnate is a verb.
What is the past tense of oppugnate?
The past tense of oppugnate is oppugnated.

Words near oppugnate in the dictionary

  1. oppugnances
  2. oppugnancies
  3. oppugnancy
  4. oppugnant
  5. oppugnants
  6. oppugnate
  7. oppugnated
  8. oppugnates
  9. oppugnating
  10. oppugnation
  11. oppugnations

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