defend (1 chiefly in “God defend!”)
1.
to forbid Ado II. i. 99, IV. ii. 22, 1H4 IV. iii. 38, Oth. I. iii. 268,
Ant. III. iii. 43
“Isis else
defend!”
2.
intr. (of the usual
trans. sense) to make a defence
H5 I. ii. 137
“defend Against the
Scot.”
