Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Source : WordNet®

repugn
     v : to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation;
         "They contested the outcome of the race" [syn: {contest},
          {contend}]