Crossword clues for defending
defending
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
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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.
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To prohibit; to forbid. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.Which God defend that I should wring from him.
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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.
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(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. Leave not the faithful side That gave thee being, still shades thee and protects.
--Milton.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of defend English)
WordNet
adj. attempting to or designed to prevent an opponent from winning or scoring
Usage examples of "defending".
None of your contacts can hold out any hope of defeating that measure, nor of defending your Beechwoods.
Like a water buffalo stalked by a lion, she gathers the herd around her for protection, defending the entire class under attack rather than just herself.
But she appears to have learned little from the pounding she took in defending her own finances, or Bill's impeachment and its causes.
That's what Hillary Clinton was defending, people who thought it was okay to torture and murder somebody.
She became more strident in defending health care reform and attacking those who opposed her.
Meanwhile, the Defiant contin-ues hit-and-running the individual dishes, distract-ing any ships left defending them and hopefullykeeping them from knowing that there's a maninfiltrating the source.
Dukat would know that the station's deflector gridthat would drag down the mine field, and not theships defending it, would be the Federation fleet'starget.
Maybe the word that they weri detained would get out and Robin wouldn't hi sporting black eyes for defending the family honor She knew Hrriss was lying low.
She didn't want to attract attention to them by defending herself from harassment.
Too bad that she discovered a minor leak in the detox input filter line, and had to file a report on the very tech who'd been defending her.
The woman was brilliant, not crazy: aggressive in defending her own, responsive to danger, but not disloyal to Fleet or Federation, not likely to do anything stupid, like bombing FedCentral.
The money would be available but it was credit that could be used to better advantage in training and identifying Talent, not defending against misunderstanding and greed.
She did, but her eyeballs ached with visions of Torkes and an improbably robust Pentrom urging the faithful onto the path to victory and planetarianism, defending the credo of Optheria to the death.
Maybe," and he threw this out with a gleam of mischief in his eyes, "there is a prosaic use for this draconic ability-apart from defending themselves against felines.
GIR forces defending the city, already faced with significant internal upheaval within Tehran, surrendered unconditionally, were taken into custody and allied forces entered the city by the middle of the month with little opposition.