Literary notes about Oppugn (AI summary)
Throughout literature, oppugn is employed as a forceful term indicating both tangible and figurative acts of opposition or attack. In historical and military texts, it vividly conveys the notion of physically besieging or assailing a target, as seen when campaigns or fortified positions are described as being actively opposed or attacked [1, 2, 3, 4]. Concurrently, the word extends into more abstract arenas, where it signifies challenges against established ideas or principles, thereby embodying a critical, sometimes rhetorical, contestation of prevailing norms [5, 6, 7, 8]. Its usage in grammatical discussions further underscores its integrated role in the development of compound verbs and nuanced expressions of resistance within the language [9, 10, 11, 12, 13].
- 7. Castra autem nōn oppugnāvit quia mīlitēs erant dēfessī et locus difficilis.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - 6. Gallī castellum ibi oppugnāverant ubi praesidium erat īnfīrmum.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - Hoc oppidum oppugnāre, 6 cum opus esset difficillimum, tamen cōnstituit Caesar.
— from The United States Bill of Rights The Ten Original Amendments to the Constitution of the United States by United States - 3. Vidētisne quae oppida hostēs oppugnāverint?
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - assail , v. attack , assault , oppugn; asperse, defame , vilify , malign.
— from Putnam's Word Book A Practical Aid in Expressing Ideas Through the Use of an Exact and Varied Vocabulary by Louis A. (Louis Andrew) Flemming - If nothing can oppugn love, 385 And virtue invious ways can prove, What may he not confide to do That brings both love and virtue too?
— from Hudibras, in Three Parts, Written in the Time of the Late Wars by Samuel Butler - resist , v. oppose , withstand, impugn, oppugn, defy , baffle , contravene , rebuff .
— from Putnam's Word Book A Practical Aid in Expressing Ideas Through the Use of an Exact and Varied Vocabulary by Louis A. (Louis Andrew) Flemming - A skeptic can only doubt , never oppugn the gospel.
— from The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, May, 1880 by Various - And some compounds acquire a transitive use altogether, as obeō , oppugnō : see 1137 .
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane - [Pg 440] may dictate, provided those arrangements do not interdict or oppugn their prior engagements with other states.
— from Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. by Benson John Lossing - This is Naturae bellum inferre , to oppugn nature, and to make a strong body weak.
— from The United States Bill of Rights The Ten Original Amendments to the Constitution of the United States by United States - oppugnātum patriam nostram veniunt , L. 21, 41, 13, they come to assail our country .
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane - oppose , v. combat , resist , confront, withstand, oppugn, impugn, contend , antagonize, contravene , discountenance,
— from Putnam's Word Book A Practical Aid in Expressing Ideas Through the Use of an Exact and Varied Vocabulary by Louis A. (Louis Andrew) Flemming
