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Concordances
Thompson Chain Reference
• Defender of the Weak
Dictionaries
Charles Buck Dictionary
• Defender of the Faith
King James Dictionary
• Defending
• Defended
• Defend
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Tie, Defender of the
• Faith, Defender of the
• Defender of the Tie
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Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Defend
Webster Dictionary
• Defending
• Defender
• Defended
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Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Defendant
• Defender of the Faith
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Defender of the Faith
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Defender of the Faith
The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Defender of the Matrimonial Tie
Lexicons
• ܢܦ݂ܰܩ
• ἀμύνομαι
• ἀπολογέομαι
• גָּנַן
• דּוֹן דוּּן, , דִּין
• יָשַׁע ישַׁע, , מוֹשִׁיעַ
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(1):

(v. t.) 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.

(2):

(v. t.) 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.

(3):

(v. t.) To prohibit; to forbid.

(4):

(v. t.) To ward or fend off; to drive back or away; to repel.