REPUGN
\ɹɪpˈʌn], \ɹɪpˈʌn], \ɹ_ɪ_p_ˈʌ_n]\
Definitions of REPUGN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
- 1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
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By Daniel Lyons
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r[=e]-p[=u]n', v.t. (Shak.) to fight against, to oppose.--adj. REPUGNABLE (r[=e]-p[=u]'-, or r[=e]-pug'-na-bl), capable of being resisted.--ns. REPUGNANCE (r[=e]-pug'-, like all the succeeding words), the state of being repugnant: resistance: aversion: reluctance; REPUG'NANCY.--adj. REPUG'NANT, hostile: adverse: contrary: distasteful: at variance.--adv. REPUG'NANTLY.--n. REPUG'NANTNESS.--v.t. REPUG'NATE, to oppose: to fight against.--adj. REPUGNAT[=O]'RIAL, serving as a means of defence.--n. REPUGNER (r[=e]-p[=u]'n[.e]r), one who rebels. [Fr.,--L. repugn[=a]re--re-, against, pugn[=a]re, to fight.]
By Thomas Davidson
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