meaning of defend
1. To ward or fend off; to drive back or away; to repel.
2. To prohibit; to forbid.
3. 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 ones self from, or against, ones enemies.
4. 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.
5. argue or speak in defense of; "She supported the motion to
">strike"
Related Words
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