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† reˈpugnable, a. Obs.
[f. prec. + -able: cf. obs. F. repugnable (Godef.).]
a. Capable of being repugned or refuted.
b. Contrary, opposed.
1579–80North Plutarch, Marcellus (1612) 315 The demonstration prouing it so exquisitely, with wonderfull reason and facilitie, as it is not repugnable. 1632Lithgow Trav. ix. 398 No such..repugnable Currents, as be in the firths of Stronza and Westra. 1655M. Carter Hon. Rediv. (1660) 88 That what Laws should be Enacted, might be answerable to the Will of God, and not repugnable to the Customs of the Land. |