Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DE-FEND'ANT
DE-FEND'ANT, a. [French participle of defendre.]
- Defensive; proper for defense. – Shak.
- Making defense; being in the character of a defendant. – Wheaton's Rep.
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DE-FEND'ANT, a. [French participle of defendre.]
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