Defend: alternatives and connections

The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court for review.

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To invent and offer reasons to support or overthrow a proposition, opinion, or measure; to use arguments; to reason.

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A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, hol…

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To convey to the place where the speaker is or is to be; to bear from a more distant to a nearer place; to fetch.

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To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.

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Same as Indorse.

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To strive or contend for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to…

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To cover the back of; to load or burden.

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Established; organized; founded.

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To care; to desire.

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To go before; to precede; hence, to go before as a guide; to direct.

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To cover or shield from danger or injury; to defend; to guard; to preserve in safety; as, a father protects his children.

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A thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; a just ground for a conclusion or an action; that which is offered…

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To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.

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To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar…

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To make an apology or defense.

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To stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of; as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses.

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A rampart; a fortification; a bastion or outwork.

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A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece,…

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To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold.

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To free from accusation, or the imputation of fault or blame; to clear from guilt; to release from a charge; to justify by extenuating a fault; to ex…

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A fiend.

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To cover or shield from danger or injury; to defend; to guard; to preserve in safety; as, a father protects his children.

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To make rational; also, to convert to rationalism.

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Repercussion, or beating back; a quick and sudden resistance.

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To kick against; to show repugnance to; to rebuff.

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To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant.

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To repel; to beat or drive back; as, to repulse an assault; to repulse the enemy.

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To stand against; to withstand; to obstruct.

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To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm position

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To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.

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To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.

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To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim.

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To stand against; to oppose; to resist, either with physical or moral force; as, to withstand an attack of troops; to withstand eloquence or argument…

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Serving, or suitable, for defense; defensive.

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Serving, or suitable, for defense; defensive.

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One who defends; one who maintains, supports, protects, or vindicates; a champion; an advocate; a vindicator.

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One who defends; one who maintains, supports, protects, or vindicates; a champion; an advocate; a vindicator.

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Alt. of Defence

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Alt. of Defence

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Capable of being defended; as, a defensible city, or a defensible cause.

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Capable of being defended; as, a defensible city, or a defensible cause.

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Serving to defend or protect; proper for defense; opposed to offensive; as, defensive armor.

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Serving to defend or protect; proper for defense; opposed to offensive; as, defensive armor.

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Situated in front; opposite; hence, opposing; adverse; antagonistic.

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Situated in front; opposite; hence, opposing; adverse; antagonistic.

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One who opposes; an opponent; an antagonist; an adversary.

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One who opposes; an opponent; an antagonist; an adversary.

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The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance.

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The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance.

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To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.

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To strive or contend for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to…

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To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.

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To furnish with a champion; to attend or defend as champion; to support or maintain; to protect.

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To strive or contend for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to…

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To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend; to shelter; to shield from surprise or attack; t…

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The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer to fail or decline; as, to maintai…

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To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit.

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To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.

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To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar…

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To attack with violence, or in a vehement and hostile manner; to assault; to molest; as, to assail a man with blows; to assail a city with artillery.

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To attack with violence, or in a vehement and hostile manner; to assault; to molest; as, to assail a man with blows; to assail a city with artillery.

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To follow or pursue with a view to reach, execute, or accomplish; to endeavor to obtain or complete; to carry on; to continue; as, to prosecute a sch…

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To follow or pursue with a view to reach, execute, or accomplish; to endeavor to obtain or complete; to carry on; to continue; as, to prosecute a sch…

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