Definitions for defend

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defend de·fend

Spelling: [dih-fend]

IPA: /dɪˈfɛnd/

Defend is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 46 anagrams from letters in defend (ddeefn).

Definitions for defend

verb (used with object)

1. to ward off attack from; guard against assault or injury (usually followed by from or against):
2. to maintain by argument, evidence, etc.; uphold:
3. to contest (a legal charge, claim, etc.).
4. Law. to serve as attorney for (a defendant):
5. to support (an argument, theory, etc.) in the face of criticism; prove the validity of (a dissertation, thesis, or the like) by answering arguments and questions put by a committee of specialists.
6. to attempt to retain (a championship title, position, etc.), as in a competition against a challenger.

verb (used without object)

1. Law. to enter or make a defense.

Origin of defend

1200-50; Middle English defenden Old French defendre Latin dēfendere to ward off, equivalent to dē- de- + -fendere to strike

Examples for defend

She challenged his philosophy and gave him a chance to defend it.

During coverage of that issue, Farrell went on a WSMB AM radio talk show to defend Duke.

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

When our elected representatives assume their respective offices, they take an oath to “protect and defend the Constitution.”

Will you then defend a man in speaking things that are not true?

To defend and avenge each other, is the deep feeling of all.

Which politician wants to defend federally-subsidized abortions for convicted criminals?

Uncle Joey Fesch joined him, as if to protect and defend him.

Naturally he felt called upon to endorse his heroine, to defend her.

“Once we get to the point of being able to defend the case, then the thing can move forward,” he told the Beast.