repugn

[ ri-pyoon ]

verb (used with object)

1. to oppose or refute.

verb (used without object)

1. Archaic. to resist.

repugn

/ rɪˈpjuːn /

verb

1. archaic.
   to oppose or conflict (with)

Word History and Origins

Origin of repugn¹

1325–75; Middle English repugnen < Middle French repugner < Latin repugnāre to resist, equivalent to re- re- + pugnāre to fight

Word History and Origins

Origin of repugn¹

C14: from Old French repugner , from Latin repugnāre to fight against, from re- + pugnāre to fight

Example Sentences

Fugacious, tourbillion, moiety, repugn, sacrosanct, censure, morass, El Dorado, and turpitude.

From Literature

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.

From Project Gutenberg

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!

From Project Gutenberg

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?

From Project Gutenberg

"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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