DEFENDED
DEFENDED, participle passive Opposed; denied; prohibited; maintained by resistance; vindicated; preserved uninjured; secured.
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DEFENDER
DEFENDER, noun One who defends by oppostition; one who maintains, supports, protects or vindicates; an assertor; a vindicator, either by arms or by arguments; a champion or an a...
DEFENDING
DEFENDING, participle present tense Denying; opposing; resisiting; forbidding; maintaining uninjured by force or by reason; securing from evil.
DEFENSATIVE
DEFENSATIVE, noun Guard; defense; a bandage, plaster, or the like, to secure a wound from external injury.
DEFENSE
DEFENSE, noun1. Any thing that opposes attack, violence, danger or injury; any thing that secures the person, the rights or the possessions of men; fortification; guard; protect...
DEFENSED
DEFENSED, participle passive Fortified.
DEFENSELESS
DEFENSELESS, adjective Being without defense, or without means of repelling assault or injury; applied to a town, it denotes unfortified or ungarrisoned; open to an enemy; appli...
DEFENSELESSNESS
DEFENSELESSNESS, noun The state of being unguarded or unprotected.
DEFENSIBLE
DEFENSIBLE, adjective1. That may be defended; as a defensible city.2. That may be vindicated, maintained or justified; as a defensible cause.
DEFENSIVE
DEFENSIVE, adjective1. That serves to defend; proper for defense; as defensive armor, which repels attacks or blows, opposed to offensive arms, which are used in attack.2. Carri...
DEFENSIVELY
DEFENSIVELY, adverb In a defensive manner; on the defensive; in defense.
DEFER
DEFER, verb transitive [Latin To bear.]1. To delay; to put off; to postpone to a future time; as, to defer the execution of a design.When thou vowest a vow, defer not to pay it....
DEFERENCE
DEFERENCE, noun1. A yielding in opinion; submission of judgment to the opinion or judgment of another. Hence, regard; respect. We often decline acting in opposition to those for...
DEFERENT
DEFERENT, adjective Bearing; carrying; conveying.DEFERENT, noun1. That which carries or conveys. The deferent of a planet, is an imaginary circle or orb in the Ptolemaic system,...
DEFERENTIAL
DEFERENTIAL,, adjective Expressing deference.
DEFERMENT
DEFERMENT, noun Delay.
DEFERRER
DEFERRER, noun One who delays or puts off.
DEFERRING
DEFERRING, participle present tense Delaying; postponing.
DEFIANCE
DEFIANCE, noun1. A daring; a challenge to fight; invitation to combat; a call to an adversary to encounter, if he dare. Goliath bid defiance to the army of Israel.2. A challenge...
DEFIATORY
DEFIATORY, adjective Bidding or bearing defiance.
DEFICIENCE
DEFICIENCE,DEFICIENCY, noun [Latin To fail to do.]1. A failing; a falling short; imperfection; as a deficiency in moral duties.2. Want; defect; something less than is necessary;...
DEFICIENCY
DEFICIENCY, n. [L. To fail to do.]1. A failing; a falling short; imperfection; as a deficiency in moral duties.2. Want; defect; something less than is necessary; as a deficiency...
DEFICIENT
DEFICIENT, adjective1. Wanting; defective; imperfect; not sufficient or adequate; as deficient estate; deficient strength.2. Wanting; not having a full or adequate supply; as, t...
DEFICIT
DEFICIT, noun Want; deficiency; as a deficit in the taxes or revenue.
DEFIER
DEFIER, noun A challenger; one who dares to combat or encounter; one who braves; one who acts in contempt of opposition, law or authority; as a defier of the laws.
DEFIGURATION
DEFIGURATION, noun A disfiguring.
DEFIGURE
DEFIGURE, verb transitive To delineate.