Definitions
watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect
Word origin
From Middle English warde, from Old English weard (“keeper, watchman, guard, guardian, protector; lord, king; possessor”), from Proto-Germanic *warduz (“guard, keeper”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to heed, defend”). Cognate with Dutch waard, German Wart.
Used in a sentence
“th'aſſieged Caſtles ward Their ſtedfaſt ſtonds did mightily maintaine”
“no gate they found, them to withhold, Nor ward to wait at morne and euening late […].”
“there is remuneration for the best ward of mine”
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