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- noun Plural form of
impugner .
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Examples
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The impugners of the work were in the same helpless predicament as its author, who had, however, more venturously presumed to unravel unsearchable mysteries, concerning which, in the existing state of science, men can only conjecture, wonder, and adore, utterly unable to affirm or deny aught respecting them.
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Reginald Scot, perhaps the boldest of the early impugners of witchcraft, was yet convinced apparently of the reality of ghostly apparitions.
The Superstitions of Witchcraft Howard Williams
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He possessed also various works of the wisest and most ingenious disciples of that school among the moderns: those of its impugners he would never read, not to throw away time, as he said; nor buy, not to throw away money.
Chapter XXVII 1909
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He drew out ninety-five theses on the doctrine of indulgences, which on October 31st he nailed up on the door of the church at Wittenberg, and which he offered to maintain in the university against all impugners.
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Douglas impetuously accepted the decision and, forgetting the precedent of his own hero Jackson, denounced all who challenged it as wicked impugners of lawful authority.
A History of the United States Cecil Chesterton 1898
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It is an argument of the Baconians, and generally of the impugners of good Will's authorship of the plays vulgarly attributed to him, that the advocates of William Shakspere, Gent, as author of the plays, differ like the Kilkenny cats among themselves on many points.
Shakespeare, Bacon, and the Great Unknown Andrew Lang 1878
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Hesychius of Jerusalem, by a singular oversight, has been reckoned among the impugners of these verses.
The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark Vindicated Against Recent Critical Objectors and Established 1813-1888 1871
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The reader has now heard the utmost that can be said against the historic character of the Resurrection by the ablest of its impugners.
The Fair Haven Samuel Butler 1868
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I have done the best I can for all parties, and feel justified in appealing to the existence of the widely conflicting opinions which I have quoted, as a proof that the balance has been evenly held, and that I was justified in calling the book a defence -- both as against impugners and defenders.
The Fair Haven Samuel Butler 1868
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In the times of the ancients the preponderance of opinion was in favour of teleology, though impugners were not wanting.
Evolution, Old & New Or, the Theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus Darwin and Lamarck, as compared with that of Charles Darwin Samuel Butler 1868
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