repugn

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repugn - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Repugn \Re*pugn"\ (r?-p?n"), v. t. [F. r['e]pugner, L.
     repugnare, repugnatum; pref. re- + pugnare to fight. See
     Pugnacious.]
     To fight against; to oppose; to resist. [R.]
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Stubbornly he did repugn the truth.      --Shak.
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repugn - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  repugn
      v 1: to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation;
           "They contested the outcome of the race" [syn: contest,
           contend, repugn]