OPPUGN, verb intransitive oppu'ne. [Latin oppugno; ob and pugno, to fight, from pugnus, the fist.] To attack; to oppose; to resist. They said the manner of their impeachment they could not but conceive did oppugn the rights of parliament. [It is never used in the literal sense, to fight.]
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI