Definition of defend

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Defend (v. t.) 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..

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Sea Bank :: Sea bank () A bank or mole to defend against the sea.
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..
Surrein :: Surrebuter (n.) The reply of a plaintiff to a defendant's rebutter.
Ward :: Ward (n.) To defend by walls, fortifications, etc..
Defensibility :: Defensibility (n.) Capability of being defended.
Buckler :: Buckler (v. t.) To shield; to defend.
Tenable :: Tenable (a.) Capable of being held, naintained, or defended, as against an assailant or objector, or againts attempts to take or process; as, a tenable fortress, a tenable argument..
Self-defense :: Self-defense (n.) The act of defending one's own person, property, or reputation..
Defendable :: Defendable (a.) Capable of being defended; defensible.
Surrebuter :: Surrebut (v. i.) To reply, as a plaintiff to a defendant's rebutter..
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..
Bulwark :: Bulwark (n.) That which secures against an enemy, or defends from attack; any means of defense or protection..
Apologetical :: Apologetical (a.) Defending by words or arguments; said or written in defense, or by way of apology; regretfully excusing; as, an apologetic essay..
Defensor :: Defensor (n.) A defender.
Apocryphalist :: Apocryphalist (n.) One who believes in, or defends, the Apocrypha..
Upholder :: Upholder (n.) One who, or that which, upholds; a supporter; a defender; a sustainer..
Defence :: Defence (n.) The act of defending, or the state of being defended; protection, as from violence or danger..
Defensative :: Defensative (n.) That which serves to protect or defend.
Fenci-ble :: Fenci-ble (a.) Capable of being defended, or of making or affording defense..
Avowant :: Avowant (n.) The defendant in replevin, who avows the distress of the goods, and justifies the taking..
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