I.v. a. freq. [defenso], to defend often, to practise defending (perh, only in the foll. passages): “haec non acrius accusavit in senectute, quam antea defensitaverat,” Cic. Ac. 2, 22; cf. ib. 2, 45, 139: “causas,” id. Brut. 26, 100; id. Off. 1, 33 fin.
dēfensĭto , āvi, 1,

