Impugn

Definition of impugn:

part of speech: verb

To attack; call in question.

part of speech: noun

IMPUGNER.

part of speech: verb

To attack by arguments; contradict.

Usage examples for impugn:

• Where I had the opportunity of verifying the mistakes cited to me, I found instead reason rather to corroborate than to impugn the action of the board; but, of course, in so large a review as it had to undertake, even a jury of fifteen experts can scarcely be expected never to err. "From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life", Captain A. T. Mahan.

• I do not question their right to do so; I would not impugn their motives in so doing. "Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York", A. F. Warburton.

• I dared not impugn two brother officers on such evidence as I had. ""The Pomp of Yesterday"", Joseph Hocking.