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which word in this excerpt from william shakespeares hamlet means
esistant\? anon he finds him, striking too short at greeks. his antique sword, rebellious to his arm, lies where it falls, repugnant to command. unequal matchd, pyrrhus at priam drives, in rage strikes wide, but with the whiff and wind of his fell sword the unnerved father falls. then senseless ilium, seeming to feel this blow, with flaming top stoops to his base, and with a hideous crash takes prisoner pyrrhus ear, for lo his sword, which was declining on the milky head of reverent priam, seemd i the air to stick. so as a painted tyrant pyrrhus stood; and, like a neutral to his will and matter, did nothing.
In the English language, "repugnant" means distasteful or resistant. In the context of the Shakespeare excerpt, it is used to convey a sense of resistance.
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