repugnate, v. rare.
(rɪˈpʌgneɪt)
[f. ppl. stem of L. repugnāre: see repugn v.]
trans. and intr. To oppose, resist.
| 1829 I. Taylor Enthus. vii. (1867) 169 A feeling..repugnates and subdues those self-gratulations. 1849 ― Loyola & Jes. (1857) 278 Nor can it be but by a sort of force that the will continues long to follow where the judgment repugnates. |