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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Marcher :: Marcher (n.) The lord or officer who defended the marches or borders of a territory.
Vindicate :: Vindicate (v. t.) To maintain or defend with success; to prove to be valid; to assert convincingly; to sustain against assault; as, to vindicate a right, claim, or title..
Muniment :: Muniment (n.) That which supports or defends; stronghold; place or means of defense; munition; assistance.
Ward :: Ward (n.) To defend; to protect.
Avoid :: Avoid (a.) To defeat or evade; to invalidate. Thus, in a replication, the plaintiff may deny the defendant's plea, or confess it, and avoid it by stating new matter..
Advocate :: Advocate (n.) To plead in favor of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly..
Defendee :: Defendee (n.) One who is defended.
Mitten :: Mitten (n.) A covering for the hand, worn to defend it from cold or injury. It differs from a glove in not having a separate sheath for each finger..
Apologize :: Apologize (v. t.) To defend.
Forted :: Forted (a.) Furnished with, or guarded by, forts; strengthened or defended, as by forts..
Bill :: Bill (n.) A declaration made in writing, stating some wrong the complainant has suffered from the defendant, or a fault committed by some person against a law..
Plea :: Plea (n.) That which is alleged by a party in support of his cause; in a stricter sense, an allegation of fact in a cause, as distinguished from a demurrer; in a still more limited sense, and in modern practice, the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's declaration and demand. That which the plaintiff alleges in his declaration is answered and repelled or justified by the defendant's plea. In chancery practice, a plea is a special answer showing or relying upon one or more things as a cause why
Imbank :: Imbank (v. t.) To inclose or defend with a bank or banks. See Embank.
Justifier :: "Justifier (n.) One who justifies; one who vindicates, supports, defends, or absolves..
Free :: Free (superl.) Not arbitrary or despotic; assuring liberty; defending individual rights against encroachment by any person or class; instituted by a free people; -- said of a government, institutions, etc..
Defendant :: Defendant (a.) Serving, or suitable, for defense; defensive..
Flanker :: Flanker (v. t.) To defend by lateral fortifications.
Nontenure :: Nontenure (n.) A plea of a defendant that he did not hold the land, as affirmed..
Contest :: Contest (v. t.) To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend; as, the troops contested every inch of ground..
Oyer :: Oyer (n.) A hearing or an inspection, as of a deed, bond, etc., as when a defendant in court prays oyer of a writing..
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