Definitions
argue or speak in defense of
Word origin
From Middle English defenden, from Old French defendre, deffendre (Modern French défendre), from Latin dēfendō (“to ward off”), from Proto-Italic *fendō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen-. Displaced native Old English bewerian.
Used in a sentence
“Justice Elena Kagan on Thursday defended the code of conduct the Supreme Court created last year, but conceded there needs to be a way to enforce the rules for it to be more effective.”
“Philip Miles, defending, said: "This was a single instance, there was no allegation of continuing behaviour over a long period of time."”
“The teams strategy was to defend but score runs as well for the first 20 overs.”
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01“Protect”6 letters
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