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v. பாதுகாப்புச் செய், காவல் செய், தாக்குதலை எதிர்த்து நில், படைக்கலத்தாக்குதலை எதிர்த்து விலக்கு, தீமை எதிர்த்துப் போராடு, இன்னல் தடுத்தாதரி, காப்பாற்று, (சட்) அழிவழக்காளருக்கெதிராக உரிமை காத்து நில், குற்றச்சாட்டுக்கு எதிர் விளக்கமளித்து வழக்காடு, எதிர்வழக்காடு, வழக்குரைஞர் வகையில் எதிர்வாதி பக்கம் வாதாடு, எதிர்வாதிசார்பில் வழக்கு நடத்து.
De*fend", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Defended; p. pr. & vb. n. Defending.] Etym: [F. défendre, L. defendere; de- + fendere (only in comp.) to strike; perh. akin to Gr. dint. Cf. Dint, Defense, Fend.] 1. To ward or fend off; to drive back or away; to repel. [A Latinism & Obs.] Th' other strove for to defend The force of Vulcan with his might and main. Spenser. 2. To prohibit; to forbid. [Obs.] Chaucer. Which God defend that I should wring from him. Shak. 3. 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. The lord mayor craves aid . . . to defend the city. Shak. God defend the right! Shak. A village near it was defended by the river. Clarendon. 4. (Law.) Defn: 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. Burrill. Syn. -- To Defend, Protect. To defend is literally to ward off; to protect is to cover so as to secure against approaching danger. We defend those who are attacked; we protect those who are liable to injury or invasion. A fortress is defended by its guns, and protected by its wall. As birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it. Is. xxxi. 5. Leave not the faithful side That gave thee being, still shades thee and protects. Milton.