Word Meaning

defends definition and meaning

v. t. To ward or fend off; to drive back or away; to repel.
v. t. To prohibit; to forbid.
v. t. To repel danger or harm from; to protect; to secure against; attack; to maintain against force or argument; to uphold; to guard; as, to defend a town; to defend a cause; to defend character; to defend the absent; -- sometimes followed by from or against; as, to defend one's self from, or against, one's enemies.
v. t. To deny the right of the plaintiff in regard to (the suit, or the wrong charged); to oppose or resist, as a claim at law; to contest, as a suit.

Crossword clues for defends

- Give evidence
- Guard
- Protect
- Protect from harm
- Shield
- Speak for accused guard
- Stick up for
- Stick up for guard
- To champion
- Ward off, ... against
- avouches
- Guards
- Protects bank vaults containing a drug hybrid
- Upholds