defy to refuse, to reject, to renounce:
“I defy all angels,”
THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, ii. 2.
66
;
“I defy all counsel,”
KING JOHN, iii. 4. 23
;
“All studies here I solemnly defy,”
1 HENRY IV., i. 3. 228
;
“I do defy the Tongues of soothers,”
1 HENRY IV., iv. 1. 6
;
“I do defy thy conjurations,”
ROMEO AND JULIET, v. 3. 68
;
“Age, I do defy thee,”
THE PASSIONATE PILGRIM, xii. 11
;
“breaths that I defied not,”
AS YOU LIKE IT, Epilogue, 17.
A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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