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Definition of Expugn
1. v. t. To take by assault; to storm; to overcome; to vanquish; as, to expugn cities; to expugn a person by arguments.
Definition of Expugn
1. Verb. (obsolete) To take by storm; capture. (defdate 15th-17th c.) ¹
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Definition of Expugn
1. to take by storm [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Expugn
Literary usage of Expugn
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"To expugn, (eks-pune ) wu To conquer; to take by assault. expugn ABLE, (eks-pug'-na-bl)
a. That mav be forced or won by force ..."
2. The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets: Never Before in Any Language Truly by Homer, George Chapman, William Cooke Taylor (1843)
"... Apollo threaten'd him, and said : Cease, it exceeds thy fate (Forward Patroclus)
to expugn,c with thy bold lance, this state, Nor under great Achilles' ..."
3. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by John Oswald, Joseph Thomas, James Lynd, John Miller Keagy (1868)
"2. the fist), a fght, a battle : as, expugn', to conquer, to take by assault;
impugn', to attack or oppose ; oppugn', to attack, ..."
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