Meanings
nounpropugnation (countable and uncountable, plural propugnations)
plural propugnations
- countableobsoleteuncountablemeans of defence; defence
What Propugnation is in one man's valour / To stand the push and enmity of those / This quarrel would excite?
c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], line 137
Origin
- Latinpropugnatio
- Englishpropugnation
Latin propugnatio.
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propugnation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/propugnation
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Chicago
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