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repugn

[ ri-pyoon ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to oppose or refute.


verb (used without object)

  1. Archaic. to resist.

repugn

/ ɪˈː /

verb

  1. archaic.
    to oppose or conflict (with)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of repugn1

1325–75; Middle English repugnen < Middle French repugner < Latin ܲ to resist, equivalent to re- re- + ܲ to fight
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of repugn1

C14: from Old French repugner , from Latin ܲ to fight against, from re- + ܲ to fight
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Fugacious, tourbillion, moiety, repugn, sacrosanct, censure, morass, El Dorado, and turpitude.

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But if any do never so little repugn against the high divinity of Aristotle, he is quickly with clapping of hands driven out of the place.

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How I should rebel at the office, repugn under the Ulster coat, and repudiate your monkish humours thus unjustly and suddenly thrust upon poor, infidel me!

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Who, I say, would not think, that these are things not only spoken without good order and purpose, but also manifestly repugning one to another?

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"Everything that repugned to their corrupt affections was termed in their mockage 'devout imaginations,'" says Knox: and it was no doubt Lethington from whose quiver this winged word came, with so many more.

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