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Meaning of defendo | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1
[deːˈfɛn.doː]

Definitions

  1. to drive away
    conjugation-3
  2. to defend, guard or protect, to stand up for, to stick up for
    conjugation-3

Equivalents

English defend Guard protect

Examples

“Quam diu quisquam erit qui te defendere audeat, vives, et vives ita ut nunc vivis, multis meis et firmis praesidiis obsessus ne commovere te contra rem publicam possis. Multorum te etiam oculi et aures non sentientem, sicut adhuc fecerunt, speculabuntur atque custodient.”

As long as one person exists who can dare to defend you, you shall live; but you shall live as you do now, surrounded by my many and trusty guards, so that you shall not be able to stir one finger against the republic: many eyes and ears shall still observe and watch you, as they have hitherto done, though you shall not perceive them.

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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