Definition of defend

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Defend (v. t.) To prohibit; to forbid.

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Embank :: Embank (v. t.) To throw up a bank so as to confine or to defend; to protect by a bank of earth or stone.
Sea Bank :: Sea bank () A bank or mole to defend against the sea.
Maim :: Maim (v.) The privation of the use of a limb or member of the body, by which one is rendered less able to defend himself or to annoy his adversary..
Nontenure :: Nontenure (n.) A plea of a defendant that he did not hold the land, as affirmed..
Preserver :: Preserver (n.) One who, or that which, preserves, saves, or defends, from destruction, injury, or decay; esp., one who saves the life or character of another..
Cognovit :: Cognovit (n.) An instrument in writing whereby a defendant in an action acknowledges a plaintiff's demand to be just.
Rebuttal :: Rebuttal (n.) The giving of evidence on the part of a plaintiff to destroy the effect of evidence introduced by the defendant in the same suit.
Embankment :: Embankment (n.) The act of surrounding or defending with a bank.
"""covenanter " :: Covenanter (n.) One who subscribed and defended the Solemn League and Covenant. See Covenant..
Patronage :: Patronage (v. t.) To act as a patron of; to maintain; to defend.
Self-defense :: Self-defense (n.) The act of defending one's own person, property, or reputation..
Propugner :: Propugner (n.) A defender; a vindicator.
Strepent :: Strenuous (a.) Eagerly pressing or urgent; zealous; ardent; earnest; bold; valiant; intrepid; as, a strenuous advocate for national rights; a strenuous reformer; a strenuous defender of his country..
Defended :: Defended (imp. & p. p.) of Defen.
Defensibility :: Defensibility (n.) Capability of being defended.
Indefensible :: Indefensible () Not defensible; not capable of being defended, maintained, vindicated, or justified; unjustifiable; untenable; as, an indefensible fortress, position, cause, etc..
Protect :: 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..
Vouch :: Vouch (v. t.) To call into court to warrant and defend, or to make good a warranty of title..
Nonjoinder :: Nonjoinder (n.) The omission of some person who ought to have been made a plaintiff or defendant in a suit, or of some cause of action which ought to be joined..
Apron :: Apron (n.) An article of dress, of cloth, leather, or other stuff, worn on the fore part of the body, to keep the clothes clean, to defend them from injury, or as a covering. It is commonly tied at the waist by strings..
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