repugn verb. [rɪ'pju:n] LME.
[Latin repugnare, formed as RE- + pugnare fight.]
1. verb intrans. Be contradictory or inconsistent; be contrary or opposed to a thing. Formerly also foll. by to. Now rare or obsolete. LME.

2. verb intrans. Offer opposition; resist, object. Formerly also foll. by at, to. Now rare. LME.
b. Fight or contend against. Now rare. LME.

3. verb trans.
a. Fight against, resist, repel (a person). LME-M17.
b. Oppose, resist, contend against (a thing); reject, refute. LME.
■ R. C. Hutchinson Foolish masculine notions about repugning weakness.

4. verb trans. Be contrary or opposed to (a thing). LME-L17.

5. verb trans. & intrans. Affect (a person) with repugnance or aversion. M19.
Harper's Magazine Afraid of saying nothing: no term repugned her.

■ repugner noun (rare) a person who repugns LME.

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