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Webster 1913 Edition
Impugner
Im-pugn′er
,Noun.
One who impugns.
Webster 1828 Edition
Impugner
IMPU'GNER
,Noun.
Definition 2025
impugner
impugner
English
Noun
impugner (plural impugners)
- One who impugns; one who opposes or contradicts.
References
- impugner in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- impugner in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Middle French
Etymology
Verb
impugner
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of impugner
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | impugner | avoir impugné | |||||
| gerund | en impugnant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | impugnant | ||||||
| past participle | impugné | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | impugne | impugnes | impugne | impugnons | impugnez | impugnent |
| imperfect | impugnois, impugnoys | impugnois, impugnoys | impugnoit, impugnoyt | impugnions, impugnyons | impugniez, impugnyez | impugnoient, impugnoyent | |
| past historic | impugna | impugnas | impugna | impugnasmes | impugnastes | impugnerent | |
| future | impugnerai, impugneray | impugneras | impugnera | impugnerons | impugnerez | impugneront | |
| conditional | impugnerois, impugneroys | impugnerois, impugneroys | impugneroit, impugneroyt | impugnerions, impugneryons | impugneriez, impugneryez | impugneroient, impugneroyent | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | impugne | impugnes | impugne | impugnons | impugnez | impugnent |
| imperfect | impugnasse | impugnasses | impugnast | impugnassions | impugnassiez | impugnassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | impugne | — | impugnons | impugnez | — | ||
Descendants
- English: impugn
References
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (impugner)