Re*pub"lic*an*ize (-?z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Republicanized (-?zd); p.
pr. & vb. n. Republicanizing (-?`z?ng).] [Cf. F. républicaniser.] To
change, as a state, into a republic; to republican principles; as,
France was republicanized; to republicanize the rising generation. D.
Ramsay.
Re*pub"li*cate (r?*p?b"l?*k?t), v. t. [Cf. LL. republicare.] To make
public again; to republish. [Obs.]
Re*pub`li*ca"tion (r?-p?b`l?-k?"sh?n), n. A second publication, or a
new publication of something before published, as of a former will, of
a volume already published, or the like; specifically, the publication
in one country of a work first issued in another; a reprint.
If there be many testaments, the last overthrows all the former;
but the republication of a former will revokes one of a later date,
and establishes the first.
Blackstone.
Re*pub"lish (r?-p?b"l?sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Republished (-l?sht); p.
pr. & vb. n. Republishing.] To publish anew; specifically, to publish
in one country (a work first published in another); also, to revive (a
will) by re&?;xecution or codicil.
Subsecquent to the purchase or contract, the devisor republished
his will.
Blackstone.
Re*pub"lish*er (-?r), n. One who republishes.
Re*pu"di*a*ble (r?-p?"d?-?-b'l), a. [See Repudilate.] Admitting of
repudiation; fit or proper to be put away.
Re*pu"di*ate (-?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repudiated (-?`t?d); p. pr. &
vb. n. Repudiating.] [L. repudiatus, p. p. of repudiare to repudiate,
reject, fr. repudium separation, divorce; pref. re- re- + pudere to be
ashamed.]
1. To cast off; to disavow; to have nothing to do with; to renounce; to
reject.
Servitude is to be repudiated with greater care.
Prynne.
2. To divorce, put away, or discard, as a wife, or a woman one has
promised to marry.
His separation from Terentis, whom he repudiated not long
afterward.
Bolingbroke.
3. To refuse to acknowledge or to pay; to disclaim; as, the State has
repudiated its debts.
Re*pu`di*a"tion (-"sh?n), n. [Cf.F. répudiation, L. repudiatio.] The
act of repudiating, or the state of being repuddiated; as, the
repudiation of a doctrine, a wife, a debt, etc.
Re*pu`di*a"tion, n. One who favors repudiation, especially of a public
debt.
Re*pu"di*a`tor (r?-p?"d?-?`t?r), n. [L., a rejecter, contemner.] One
who repudiates.
Re*pugn" (r?-p?n"), v. t. [F. répugner, L. repugnare, repugnatum; pref.
re- + pugnare to fight. See Pugnacious.] To fight against; to oppose;
to resist. [R.]
Stubbornly he did repugn the truth.
Shak.
Re*pug"na*ble (r?-p?g"n?-b'l), a. Capable of being repugned or
resisted. [R.] Sir T. North.
{ Re*pug"nance (-nans), Re*pug"nan*cy (- nan-s?), } n. [F. répugnance,
L. repugnantia.] The state or condition of being repugnant; opposition;
contrariety; especially, a strong instinctive antagonism; aversion;
reluctance; unwillingness, as of mind, passions, principles, qualities,
and the like.
That which causes us to lose most of our time is the repugnance
which we naturally have to labor.
Dryden.
Let the foes quietly cut their throats, Without repugnancy.
Shak.
Syn. -- Aversion; reluctance; unwillingness; dislike; antipathy;
hatred; hostility; irreconcilableness; contrariety; inconsistency. See
Dislike.
Re*pug"nant (-nant), a. [F. répugnant, or L. repugnans, -antis, p. pr.
of repugnare. See Repugn.] Disposed to fight against; hostile; at war
with; being at variance; contrary; inconsistent; refractory;
disobedient; also, distasteful in a high degree; offensive; -- usually
followed by to, rarely and less properly by with; as, all rudeness was
repugnant to her nature.
[His sword] repugnant to command.
Shak.
There is no breach of a divine law but is more or less repugnant
unto the will of the Lawgiver, God himself.
Perkins.
Syn. -- Opposite; opposed; adverse; contrary; inconsistent;
irreconcilable; hostile; inimical.
Re*pug"nant*ly, adv. In a repugnant manner.
Re*pug"nate (-n?t), v. t. [From L. repugnare. See Repugn.] To oppose;
to fight against. [Obs.]
Re*pugn"er (r?-p?n"?r), n. One who repugns.
Re*pul"lu*late (r?-p?l"l?-l?t), v. i. [L. repullulare, repullulatum.
See Pullulate.] To bud again.
Though tares repullulate, there is wheat still left in the field.
Howell.
Re*pul`lu*la"tion (r?-p?l`l?-l?"sh?n), n. The act of budding again; the
state of having budded again.
Re*pulse" (r?-p?ls"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repulsed (-p?lst"); p. pr. &
vb. n. Repulsing.] [L. repulsus, p. p. of repellere. See Repel.] 1. To
repel; to beat or drive back; as, to repulse an assault; to repulse the
enemy.
Complete to have discovered and repulsed Whatever wiles of foe or
seeming friend.
Milton.
2. To repel by discourtesy, coldness, or denial; to reject; to send
away; as, to repulse a suitor or a proffer.