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(1):

(n.) A challenge.

(2):

(v. t.) To renounce or dissolve all bonds of affiance, faith, or obligation with; to reject, refuse, or renounce.

(3):

(v. t.) To provoke to combat or strife; to call out to combat; to challenge; to dare; to brave; to set at defiance; to treat with contempt; as, to defy an enemy; to defy the power of a magistrate; to defy the arguments of an opponent; to defy public opinion.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Defy'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/defy.html. 1828.
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