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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Oppugnatio(u)n, -acioun, n. [e.m.E. oppugnation (1553), -acion (1586), MF. oppugnation, -acion (16th c. in Godef.), L. oppugnātio.] a. Attacking or assailing (a fortified place); besieging (only in Bellenden). b. fig. Attacking by argument. —a. 1531 Bell. Boece (M) I. 292.
The confideratt pepill … cessit fra oppugnacioun of the said wall of Adriane Id. Livy I. 113/29.
Thare principall ciete … quhilk was nere approcheand to Rome & was doung fra the oppugnacioun thareof alanerlie be force of pepil Ib. 146/25. Ib. II. 83/3.b. 1563 G. Hay Confutation Abbot Crosraguel 10.
This subtle reasoner concludeth the oppugnation of the maior
