repugn
/rɪˈpjuːn/verb
1With against (also †again). Now rare.
2With a person as object. Now rare.
3With a thing as object.
4 [with object] To affect (a person) with repugnance or aversion. Also without object: to cause repugnance.
Origin
Late Middle English (in an earlier sense). From Anglo-Norman repungner, Anglo-Norman and Middle French repugner, French répugner to resist, oppose, be contrary, to fight off, repel, resist, to show resistance, struggle, to be contradictory, to show an aversion (to do something) and its etymon classical Latin repugnāre to offer resistance (to), to fight back, to object (to), to contend, argue (against), to be contrary (to), to be inconsistent (with) from re- + pugnāre to fight. Compare Old Occitan repugnar, Catalan repugnar, Spanish repugnar, Portuguese repugnar, Italian ripugnare.
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