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Meaning Of Defend
v. t.
To ward or fend off; to drive back or away; to repel.
v. t.
To prohibit; to forbid.
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.
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.