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Oppugnant

Op-pŭg'nant, n.

noun

n. One who oppugns; an opponent. [Rare.] Coleridge.

Op-pŭg'nant, a.

adjective

a. [Lat. oppugnans, p. pr. of oppugnare. See OPPUGN.] Tending to awaken hostility; hostile; opposing. “The oppugnant forces of two or more powers which have a natural fitness to counteract each other.” J. Taylor.