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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Repugn \Re*pugn"\ (r?-p?n"), verb (used with an object) [F. r['e]pugner, L. repugnare, repugnatum; pref. re- + pugnare to fight. See {Pugnacious}.] To fight against; to oppose; to resist. [R.]
Stubbornly he did repugn the truth. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
repugn
verb: to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation; "They contested the outcome of the race" [syn: {contest}, {contend}]
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