\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.