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Definition of defend

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Defend (v. t.) 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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Apocryphalist :: Apocryphalist (n.) One who believes in, or defends, the Apocrypha..

Parados :: Parados (n.) An intercepting mound, erected in any part of a fortification to protect the defenders from a rear or ricochet fire; a traverse..

Weather-fend :: Weather-fend (v. t.) To defend from the weather; to shelter.

Stake :: Stake (v. t.) To fasten, support, or defend with stakes; as, to stake vines or plants..

Process :: Process (n.) The whole course of proceedings in a cause real or personal, civil or criminal, from the beginning to the end of the suit; strictly, the means used for bringing the defendant into court to answer to the action; -- a generic term for writs of the class called judicial..

Petitionee :: Petitionee (n.) A person cited to answer, or defend against, a petition..

Ward :: Ward (n.) One who, or that which, guards; garrison; defender; protector; means of guarding; defense; protection..

Defendant :: Defendant (a.) Making defense.

Defendress :: Defendress (n.) A female defender.

Chappion :: Chappion (n.) One who engages in any contest; esp. one who in ancient times contended in single combat in behalf of another's honor or rights; or one who acts or speaks in behalf of a person or a cause; a defender; an advocate; a hero.

Protector :: Protector (n.) One who, or that which, defends or shields from injury, evil, oppression, etc.; a defender; a guardian; a patron..

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..

Recompensation :: Recompensation (n.) Used to denote a case where a set-off pleaded by the defendant is met by a set-off pleaded by the plaintiff.

Apologetics :: Apologetics (n.) That branch of theology which defends the Holy Scriptures, and sets forth the evidence of their divine authority..

Towery :: Towery (a.) Having towers; adorned or defended by towers.

Suitress :: Suitor (n.) One who attends a court as plaintiff, defendant, petitioner, appellant, witness, juror, or the like..

Buckler :: Buckler (v. t.) To shield; to defend.

Shelter :: Shelter (n.) That which covers or defends from injury or annoyance; a protection; a screen.

Forted :: Forted (a.) Furnished with, or guarded by, forts; strengthened or defended, as by forts..

Cognizance :: Cognizance (n.) A form of defense in the action of replevin, by which the defendant insists that the goods were lawfully taken, as a distress, by defendant, acting as servant for another..