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repugn, v. (rɪˈpjuːn) Also 4–7 repugne, (6 -pougne), 4–6 repungne, 5–6 repung(e. [ad. F. répugner (14th c.), or L. repugnāre, f. re- re- + pugnāre to fight: cf. impugn.] † 1. intr. To be contradictory or inconsistent. Obs.c 1374 Chaucer Boeth. v. pr. iii. 119 (Camb. MS.), It semyth quod I to repugne...
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repugnate
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 conti...
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Oppose - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com
oppose: 1 v be against; express opposition to "We oppose the ban on abortion" Types: contend , contest , repugn to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation challenge , dispute , gainsay take exception to Type of: argue , contend , debate , fence have an argument about something v be resistant to "The board opposed his motion" ...
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repugner
reˈpugner rare. [f. repugn v. + -er1.] One who repugns.c 1449 Pecock Repr. ii. xi. 208 The repungners aȝens the..afore tretid gouernauncis. 1570 Foxe A. & M. (ed. 2) 369/1 Excommunicatyng all repugners and rebellers agaynst the same.
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repugnatorial
repugnatorial, a. Zool. (rɪˌpʌgnəˈtɔərɪəl) [f. L. repugnātōri-us + -al1.] Serving for defence; applied to certain glands or pores in Diplopoda, from which a malodorous fluid can be emitted.1898 Packard Textbk. Entomol. 372 Certain beetles are endowed with eversible repugnatorial glands.
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repugnant
repugnant, a. and n. (rɪˈpʌgnənt) [a. F. répugnant (1372) or ad. L. repugnant-em, pres. pple. of repugnāre to repugn.] A. adj. 1. Contrary or contradictory to, inconsistent or incompatible with, † divergent from, † standing against, something else.1387–8 T. Usk Test. Love iii. i. (Skeat) l. 128 All ...
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repugnance
repugnance (rɪˈpʌgnəns) Also 5–6 repung-. [a. F. répugnance (13th c.), or L. repugnantia: see repugn v. and -ance.] 1. Contradiction, inconsistency; contradictory opposition or disagreement of ideas or statements. Also with a and pl.1387–8 T. Usk Test. Love iii. iv. (Skeat) l. 42 It is open at the f...
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re-
re-, prefix of Latin origin, with the general sense of ‘back’ or ‘again’, occurring in a large number of words directly or indirectly adopted from Latin, or of later Romanic origin, and on the model of these freely employed in English as a prefix to verbs, and to substantives or adjectives derived f...
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