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repugn

American

[ri-pyoon] / rɪˈpyun /

verb (used with object)

to oppose or refute.

verb (used without object)

Archaic. to resist.

repugn British

/ rɪˈpjuːn /

verb

archaic to oppose or conflict (with)

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Etymology

Origin of repugn

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

Example Sentences

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

From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King

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 The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 23 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

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 Against War by Erasmus, Desiderius

First and chief, on the motion of Lameth, Lafayette, Saint-Fargeau and other Patriot Nobles, let the others repugn as they will: all Titles of Nobility, from Duke to Esquire, or lower, are henceforth abolished.

From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas

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