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repugnate

repugnate verb: to oppose; to fight against.

Verb

repugnate (third-person singular simple present repugnates, present participle repugnating, simple past and past participle repugnated)

  1. (obsolete, rare, transitive) To oppose; to fight against.

Forms of repugnate

third-person singular presentrepugnates
present participlerepugnating
past participlerepugnated
pastrepugnated

Origin of repugnate

From Latin repugnare. See repugn.

Questions about repugnate

What does repugnate mean?
Repugnate means to oppose; to fight against.
What part of speech is repugnate?
Repugnate is a verb.
What is the past tense of repugnate?
The past tense of repugnate is repugnated.

Words near repugnate in the dictionary

  1. repugnant
  2. Repugnantcan
  3. Repugnantcans
  4. repugnantly
  5. repugnantness
  6. repugnate
  7. repugnated
  8. repugnates
  9. repugnating
  10. repugnatorial
  11. repugnaunce

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