The Collaborative International Dictionary
Repugn \Re*pugn"\ (r?-p?n"), v. t. [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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., from Old French repugner, from Latin repugnare "fight against, resist" (see repugnant). Related: Repugned; repugning.
Wiktionary
vb. (context archaic English) To oppose or resist
WordNet
Usage examples of "repugn".
Each of us must, so to speak, play a dozen instruments together, in this magnificent concert which is our contemporary life…So that, while preparing for all eventualities with flexible vision, we also stand, like doughty warriors, ready to repugn the enemy…I admire and applaud the style of Ramus Ymph!
Even while repugning the charges of intellectuality, Shimrod still comported himself by the precepts of gallantry, which were uncompromising in such cases.