单词 | repugning |
释义 | repugningn. Now rare. Opposition, resistance; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun] > instance or act of contraryc1386 repugning1395 contrarietyc1449 aversion1651 Remonstr. against Romish Corruptions (Titus) (1851) 131 (MED) Cristen men..where they be vncertein of such founding eyther repugning, put it [sc. church doctrine] aback, neyther take it as beleue, neyther dispise it as false. 1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions i. v. 60 Sondry Kynges by the repugnynges of the people haue lien untoombed. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 197 He gaue her landes and steddings.., nocht respecteng the scharpe repunging of the Pechtes. 1630 G. Widdowes Schysmatical Puritan Pref. A dispising of Canonicall obedience; a repugning against our Reformed Church. 1682 W. Charleton Harmony Nat. & Positive Divine Laws ii. xi. 199 By this custom of repugning it comes to pass, that those lustful motions by degrees subdued, dare no more rise up within us. 1976 R. D. Leakey War against Road Transport 26 Repugning, apart from a few minor disturbance arrests and a broken door and chair is a cheaper non-violent way of challenging the legality of the system than the alternative of going to law. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † repugningadj. Obsolete. That repugns (in various senses); esp. contrary or opposed to something. ΚΠ a1382 Prefatory Epist. St. Jerome in Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) vi. l. 29 As þouȝ it were..not vycyous maner of seying..to drawen at her wyll holy wrytt repungnyg [L. repugnantem]. c1450 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine (Arun. 396) (1893) v. 1406 (MED) This vengeauns is repugnynge to your deyte. 1509 A. Barclay tr. S. Brant Shyp of Folys (1570) 3 Unkindnes..is repugning to reason and iustice. 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iii. Ep. Ded. sig. Aaij God..cannot at any time either erre, or conceiue any false opinions or repugning counsells. 1599 A. Day Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) i. sig. K2v Actions of such kinde are alwaies vnto the noble and best endued mindes vtterly repugning. a1602 W. Perkins Cases of Consc. (1619) 28 When a thing is done with a repugning or gain-saying conscience. a1639 J. Spottiswood Hist. Church Scotl. (1655) 152 We judge it necessary, that his [sc. Christ's] Gospel be truly and openly preached in every Church and Assembly of this Realm, and that all Doctrine repugning to the same be utterly suppressed. 1659 T. White Middle State Souls xi. 94 For the nature of that pain which here we search after hath no respect to merit, but consists of these two notions, that it is dolorous, and inflicted from an external Agent, on a repugning and unwilling sufferer. 1711 J. Strype Life M. Parker ii. i. 62 The Honours, Privileges, Prerogatives, Preeminencies and Rights thereof, Temporal and Spiritual, according to the Statutes, Ordinances and Customs of the said Cathedral and Metropolitical Church, not repugning to the present Laws, Statutes and Provisions of this Realm. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1395adj.a1382 |
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