Definition of protect

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Protect (v. t.) To cover or shield from danger or injury; to defend; to guard; to preserve in safety; as, a father protects his children..

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Clypeate :: Clypeate (a.) Furnished with a shield, or a protective plate or shell..
Patron :: Patron (n.) One who protects, supports, or countenances; a defender..
Sandal :: Sandal (n.) A kind of shoe consisting of a sole strapped to the foot; a protection for the foot, covering its lower surface, but not its upper..
Cruise :: Cruise (n.) A voyage made in various directions, as of an armed vessel, for the protection of other vessels, or in search of an enemy; a sailing to and fro, as for exploration or for pleasure..
Tend :: Tend (v. t.) To accompany as an assistant or protector; to care for the wants of; to look after; to watch; to guard; as, shepherds tend their flocks..
Antiseptic :: Antiseptic (n.) A substance which prevents or retards putrefaction, or destroys, or protects from, putrefactive organisms; as, salt, carbolic acid, alcohol, cinchona..
Protegee :: Protegee (n. f.) One under the care and protection of another.
Carboy :: Carboy (n.) A large, globular glass bottle, esp. one of green glass, inclosed in basket work or in a box, for protection; -- used commonly for carrying corrosive liquids; as sulphuric acid, etc..
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) To protect; to shelter from danger; to shroud.
Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) A hut for protection and shelter; a stall.
Defence :: Defence (n.) The act of defending, or the state of being defended; protection, as from violence or danger..
Bulwark :: Bulwark (n.) That which secures against an enemy, or defends from attack; any means of defense or protection..
Depot :: Depot (n.) A railway station; a building for the accommodation and protection of railway passengers or freight.
Hydrophyllium :: Hydrophyllium (n.) One of the flat, leaflike, protective zooids, covering other zooids of certain Siphonophora..
Convoy :: Convoy (n.) A protection force accompanying ships, etc., on their way from place to place, by sea or land; an escort, for protection or guidance..
Vamplate :: Vamplate (n.) A round of iron on the shaft of a tilting spear, to protect the hand..
Passport :: Passport (n.) A document carried by neutral merchant vessels in time of war, to certify their nationality and protect them from belligerents; a sea letter..
Outlawry :: Outlawry (n.) The act of outlawing; the putting a man out of the protection of law, or the process by which a man (as an absconding criminal) is deprived of that protection..
Siphonostomatous :: Siphonostomatous (a.) Having the front edge of the aperture of the shell prolonged in the shape of a channel for the protection of the siphon; -- said of certain gastropods.
Conservation :: Conservation (n.) The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation..
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