Defend

English-Latin

defend, v.

1. To repel danger or harm from; to protect; to secure against; attack; to maintain against force or argument; to uphold; to guard.
   • defendo (-ere, -i, defensum)
   • tueor (-eri, tutus sum)
2. Law To deny the right of the plaintiff in regard to (the suit, or the wrong charged); to oppose or resist.
   • patrocinor (-ari, -atus sum; w/ dat.)