Definitions | defend |
| verb
- To ward off an attacker; to protect one's assets, or allies.
- (sports) To focus one's energies and talents on preventing opponents from scoring, as opposed to focusing on scoring.
Translations: - French: défendre
- Italian: difendere
- German: verteidigen
- Spanish: defender
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Etymology: defenden, from defendre (French défendre), from defendere, dÄfendere, to ward off.
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