Defend \De*fend"\ (d[-e]*f[e^]nd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Defended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Defending}.] [F. d['e]fendre, L. defendere; de- + fendere (only in comp.) to strike; perh. akin to Gr. qei`nein to strike, and E. dint. Cf. {Dint}, {Defense}, {Fend}.] 1. To ward or fend off; to drive back or away; to repel. [A Latinism & Obs.]
Th' other strove for to defend The force of Vulcan with his might and main. --Spenser.
2. To prohibit; to forbid. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Which God defend that I should wring from him. --Shak.
3. 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.
The lord mayor craves aid . . . to defend the city. --Shak.
God defend the right! --Shak.
A village near it was defended by the river. --Clarendon.
4. (Law.) 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. --Burrill.
Syn: To {Defend}, {Protect}.
Usage: To defend is literally to ward off; to protect is to cover so as to secure against approaching danger. We defend those who are attacked; we protect those who are liable to injury or invasion. A fortress is defended by its guns, and protected by its wall.
As birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it. --Is. xxxi. 5.
Leave not the faithful side That gave thee being, still shades thee and protects. --Milton.
But even those who defend Dallas justice say it has characteristics not common elsewhere.
On Monday, the Bank of France boosted interest rates to defend the franc in the face of the German unit's strength.
"We are here to defend the right and defend the peace.
"We are here to defend the right and defend the peace.
Recon's Mr. Whyte declined to comment for this article. Israeli officials refuse to comment, except to defend the integrity of their RIS program and to insist that theft isn't the Israeli way.
Abdul Haq Ulumi of the Afghan supreme military council said last week the Soviets were supplying with new MiG-29 fighters and the latest Sukhoi-27 ground attack jets to defend against a possible Pakistani attack.
He said it was possible that the Bank of Japan "staked out" the 158-yen level as "territory" to defend.
I never had to worry about where I was going to go." Quayle, 41, has constantly had to defend himself against charges he is unqualified to be a heartbeat away from the presidency.
One reason is that several GOP incumbents raised large sums to defend themselves against well-financed Democratic attacks.
Mr. Lapthorne said Courtaulds would welcome Mr. Packer as a long-term investor but would fiercely defend its independence against hostile predators.
You defend your culture or you simply imitate.'
To defend occupying foreign territory on the ground that it helps protect illegally held territory "is a little too complicated," says Richard Moose former assistant secretary of state for Africa.
He quits in order to start a new life, but before he can say "litigation," he's become entangled with a beautiful woman (Roxanne Hart) who asks him to defend her estranged husband.
The Founding Fathers concluded there was no alternative to a strong executive after they saw how difficult it was to defend the colonies under the Articles of Confederation of 1777, which had given Congress the upper hand in foreign policy.
"The (Maverick) missiles are considered vital to the Federal Republic of Germany's stated goal to increase ammunition stocks to defend against Eastern Bloc armor," the Pentagon said.
At a meeting with students Wednesday at Warsaw University, Walesa said he would defend NZS. "No table can stand on less than three legs.
Most brokers defend the funds.
The party has used the provision to defend its power monopoly.
Fernandez says that he must be allowed to introduce greater detail about the three programs to properly defend himself against criminal charges.
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries has not been able to defend its benchmark price of $18 per barrel because its member states have been violating their quotas.
They also wanted official status to be granted to new committees formed to defend workers' interests, Kopasov said.
But as soon as American Standard Inc. called up this week asking the firm to defend the law, as a protection against a takeover attempt by Black & Decker Inc., Richards Layton was only too happy to oblige.
Mr. Leysen's proposal also depends on the Brussels Commercial Court's restoring full voting rights to the 12 million special shares issued by Generale de Belgique to defend itself from Mr. De Benedetti.
Lawyers who defend companies said the findings generally supported their own trial experiences.
'There are certain people who are making irresponsible declarations, and this is serious,' Mr Berlusconi said. On Thursday the Bank of Italy unexpectedly increased interest rates by half a point, to defend the currency.
The Reagan administration has pursued a program of defense modernization to ensure that we have the capability, as well as the willingness, to defend our interests.
You have to defend the freedom you have won." Havel struck a personal tone throughout the news conference, one of his first in Czechoslovakia since becoming president.
But he and others defend their hot pursuit of cause.
The Air Force official said the service could not defend what had happened nine years ago, but needs the additional money to improve the bombers' ability to identify threats.
The writs have yet to be served. BZW said it intended 'vigorously to defend these proceedings'.