Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Repugn"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.]

Stubbornly he did repugn the truth. --Shak.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

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


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