† irreˈpugnable, a. Obs.
[f. ir-2 + repugnable, or a. OF. irrepugnable (15th c. in Godef.).]
That cannot be fought against or resisted; irresistible.
| 1578 Banister Hist. Man i. 9 Sited in most eminent perilles, and as it were in the forefront of irrepugnable damages. 1632 Lithgow Trav. ix. 398 note, A comparison of irrepugnable streames. 1683 Tryon Way to Health 475 An irrepugnable Tower against all Evil and Violence. |