DEFEND
\dɪfˈɛnd], \dɪfˈɛnd], \d_ɪ_f_ˈɛ_n_d]\
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argue or speak in defense of; "She supported the motion to strike"
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fight against or resist strongly; "The senator said he would oppose the bill"; "Don't fight it!"
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be on the defensive; act against an attack
By Princeton University
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argue or speak in defense of; "She supported the motion to strike"
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fight against or resist strongly; "The senator said he would oppose the bill"; "Don't fight it!"
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be on the defensive; act against an attack
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To ward or fend off; to drive back or away; to repel.
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To repel danger or harm from; to protect; to secure against; attack; to maintain against force or argument; to uphold; to guard; as, to defend a town; to defend a cause; to defend character; to defend the absent; -- sometimes followed by from or against; as, to defend one's self from, or against, one's enemies.
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To deny the right of the plaintiff in regard to (the suit, or the wrong charged); to oppose or resist, as a claim at law; to contest, as a suit.
By Oddity Software
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To ward or fend off; to drive back or away; to repel.
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To repel danger or harm from; to protect; to secure against; attack; to maintain against force or argument; to uphold; to guard; as, to defend a town; to defend a cause; to defend character; to defend the absent; -- sometimes followed by from or against; as, to defend one's self from, or against, one's enemies.
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To deny the right of the plaintiff in regard to (the suit, or the wrong charged); to oppose or resist, as a claim at law; to contest, as a suit.
By Noah Webster.
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To guard or protect from harm or violence; as, the navy defends our seacoast; maintain or uphold, as one's legal rights, by force of argument or evidence; contest, as a suit.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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