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fend definition

fend (fend)

transitive verb

Archaic to defend

Etymology: ME fenden, aphetic for defenden, defend

intransitive verb

to resist; parry
fend Idioms

fend for oneself

to manage by oneself; get along without help

fend off

to ward off

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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