Defend
21defend — /dɪ fend/ verb to fight to protect someone or something that is being attacked ● The company is defending itself against the takeover bid. ● They hired the best lawyers to defend them against the tax authorities. ♦ to defend a lawsuit to appear… …
22defend — [13] Defend comes via Old French defendre from Latin dēfendere ‘ward off’, a compound verb formed from the prefix dē ‘off, away’ and an element that survives elsewhere only in other compound forms (represented in English by offend). It has been… …
23defend — verb /dɛˈfɛnd,dɛˈfɛnd,diˈfɛnd,dəˈfɛnd/ a) To ward off attacks from; to fight to protect; to guard. The vertue is, that neither steele, nor stone / The stroke thereof from entrance may defend [...]. b) To support by words or writing; to vindicate …
24defend — verb 1) a fort built to defend the border Syn: protect, guard, safeguard, secure, shield; fortify, garrison, barricade; uphold, support, watch over Ant: attack 2) he defended hi …
25defend — v 1.Usu. defend from or against protect, shelter, screen, shield; fight for, take up the cudgels for; guard, safeguard, ward off, fend off, parry; garrison, fortify, arm, secure, hold the fort, preserve, keep, save. 2. support, bolster, advocate …
26defend — verb 1) a fort built to defend Ireland Syn: protect, guard, safeguard, secure, shield, fortify, watch over 2) he defended his policy Syn: justify, vindicate, explain, argue for …
27Defend International — Type Non profit NGO Location Norway Services Lobbying, awareness raising, research, pro human rights campaigns Method Defending human rights …
28Defend Your Castle — Main menu for the Wii version of Defend Your Castle Developer(s) XGen Studios Publisher(s) …
29Defend Colorado Now — (DCN) was a ballot initiative introduced in January 2006 to amend the constitution of Colorado to deny non emergency public services that are not required by federal law to illegal immigrants in Colorado. It was similar to the recently approved… …
30Defend your Castle — Éditeur XGen Studios Développeur XGen …
