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fending
(encz) | fending,starání se o sebe Zdeněk Brož |
Fending
(gcide) | Fend \Fend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fended; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fending.] [Abbrev. fr. defend.]
To keep off; to prevent from entering or hitting; to ward
off; to shut out; -- often with off; as, to fend off blows.
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With fern beneath to fend the bitter cold. --Dryden.
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To fend off a boat or To fend off a vessel (Naut.), to
prevent its running against anything with too much
violence.
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defending
(encz) | defending,bránící adj: Zdeněk Broždefending,hájení n: Ivan Masárdefending,obhajování n: Zdeněk Brož |
defending team
(encz) | defending team, n: |
fending
(encz) | fending,starání se o sebe Zdeněk Brož |
offending
(encz) | offending,pohoršující adj: Zdeněk Brožoffending,problematický adj: Zdeněk Brožoffending,urážející adj: Zdeněk Brož |
unoffending
(encz) | unoffending, adj: |
Defending
(gcide) | 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.]
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Th' other strove for to defend
The force of Vulcan with his might and main.
--Spenser.
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2. To prohibit; to forbid. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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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.
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The lord mayor craves aid . . . to defend the city.
--Shak.
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God defend the right! --Shak.
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A village near it was defended by the river.
--Clarendon.
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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.
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As birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts
defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver
it. --Is. xxxi. 5.
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Leave not the faithful side
That gave thee being, still shades thee and
protects. --Milton.
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Offending
(gcide) | Offend \Of*fend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Offended; p. pr. & vb.
n. Offending.] [OF. offendre, L. offendere, offensum; ob
(see Ob-) + fendere (in comp.) to thrust, dash. See
Defend.]
1. To strike against; to attack; to assail. [Obs.] --Sir P.
Sidney.
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2. To displease; to make angry; to affront.
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A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong
city. --Prov. xviii.
19.
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3. To be offensive to; to harm; to pain; to annoy; as, strong
light offends the eye; to offend the conscience.
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4. To transgress; to violate; to sin against. [Obs.]
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Marry, sir, he hath offended the law. --Shak.
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5. (Script.) To oppose or obstruct in duty; to cause to
stumble; to cause to sin or to fall. [Obs.]
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Who hath you misboden or offended. --Chaucer.
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If thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out . . . And
if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off. --Matt.
v. 29, 3O.
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Great peace have they which love thy law, and
nothing shall offend them. --Ps. cxix.
165.
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Unoffending
(gcide) | Unoffending \Unoffending\
See offending. |
defending
(wn) | defending
adj 1: attempting to or designed to prevent an opponent from
winning or scoring |
defending team
(wn) | defending team
n 1: (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team
from scoring; "his teams are always good on defense" [syn:
defense, defence, defending team] [ant: offence,
offense] |
offending
(wn) | offending
adj 1: offending against or breaking a law or rule; "contracts
offending against the statute were canceled" [ant:
unoffending] |
unoffending
(wn) | unoffending
adj 1: not offending; "an unoffending motorist should not have
been stopped" [ant: offending]
2: not causing anger or annoyance; "inoffensive behavior" [syn:
inoffensive, unoffending] [ant: offensive] |
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