repugn Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation
    contend; contest.
    • They contested the outcome of the race

WordNet

Re*pugn" transitive verb
Etymology
F. répugner, L. repugnare, repugnatum; pref. re- + pugnare to fight. See Pugnacious.
Definitions
  1. To fight against; to oppose; to resist. R.
    Stubbornly he did repugn the truth. Shak.

Webster 1913