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re⋅pugn

  [ri-pyoon]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to oppose or refute.
–verb (used without object)
2. Archaic. to resist.
Origin:
1325–75; ME repugnen < MF repugner < L repugnāre to resist, equiv. to re- re- + pugnāre to fight
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re·pugn   (rĭ-pyōōn')   
v.   re·pugned, re·pugn·ing, re·pugns

v.   tr.
To oppose or contend against.
v.   intr. Archaic
To be opposed; conflict.

[Middle English repugnen, from Old French repugner, from Latin repugnāre, to fight against : re-, re- + pugnāre, to fight with the fist; see peuk- in Indo-European roots.]
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