REPUGN

contest, contend, repugn

(verb) to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation; “They contested the outcome of the race”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

repugn (third-person singular simple present repugns, present participle repugning, simple past and past participle repugned)

(archaic) To oppose or resist

Anagrams

• purgen

Source: Wiktionary


Re*pugn" (r-pn"), v. t. Etym: [F. répugner, L. repugnare, repugnatum; pref. re- + pugnare to fight. See Pugnacious.]

Definition: To fight against; to oppose; to resist. [R.] Stubbornly he did repugn the truth. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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