repugnern.
/rᵻˈpjuːnə/, U.S. /rəˈpjunər/, /riˈpjunər/ Now rare.
A person who repugns.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun] > opposition or resistance > that which or one who resists > one who resists
withstandera1325
again-standera1425
repugnerc1449
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repugnant1625
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 208 The repungners aȝens the..afore tretid gouernauncis.
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 211 (MED) Al such bondage the seid repugners holden to be aȝens the fredom of the Gospel.
1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. f. 369/1 Excommunicatyng all repugners and rebellers agaynst the same.
1623 ‘T. G.’ Friers Chron. sig. C2v In Spaine..the doctrine of the conception of our Lady without sinne, and assumption into Heauen, is newly divulged and ratified, and the contrary opinion reputed Heresie, and the repugners hunted, and hissed at in euery Towne and Citie.
a1662 P. Heylyn Cyprianus Anglicus (1668) ii. v. 463 He required the like Oath for the Observation of all Rites and Ceremonies then established.., by the Kings Authority, saying, that he would prosecute all Repugners of them to the very Blood.
1718 J. Strype Life J. Whitgift iii. vii. 155 There were also some Numbers of these Recusants and Repugners of the Rites and Practice of the Church.
1764 J. Hockin Serm. Visitation Frederick 10 St. Paul..could see them [sc. the Jews] in no other Light than as People who were willingly ignorant, and obstinate Repugners of the Salvation.
1826 H. D. Beste Four Years in France 35 I..defended the power [of absolving sin] against all impugners and repugners.
1976 R. D. Leakey War against Road Transport 25 There was a refusal by the repugners to take legal issues to the courts because of the enormous costs that would result.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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