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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation;
- Example: "They contested the outcome of the race"
[syn: contest, contend, repugn]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.]
   [1913 Webster]

         Stubbornly he did repugn the truth.      --Shak.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

repugn
    v 1: to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation;
         "They contested the outcome of the race" [syn: contest,
         contend, repugn]