Shield \Shield\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shielded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Shielding.]
[AS. scidan, scyldan. See Shield, n.]
1. To cover with, or as with, a shield; to cover from danger;
to defend; to protect from assault or injury.
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Shouts of applause ran ringing through the field,
To see the son the vanquished father shield.
--Dryden.
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A woman's shape doth shield thee. --Shak.
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2. To ward off; to keep off or out.
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They brought with them their usual weeds, fit to
shield the cold to which they had been inured.
--Spenser.
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3. To avert, as a misfortune; hence, as a supplicatory
exclamation, forbid! [Obs.]
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God shield that it should so befall. --Chaucer.
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God shield I should disturb devotion! --Shak.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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54 Moby Thesaurus words for "shielded":
armed, armored, cased, ceiled, cloaked, clouded, coated, coped,
copyrighted, covered, covert, cowled, curtained, defended,
eclipsed, encapsulated, encapsuled, encased, enveloped, enwrapped,
filmed, floored, guarded, hooded, housed, invulnerable, loricate,
loricated, mantled, masked, muffled, obscured, occulted, packaged,
patented, paved, policed, protected, roofed-in, safe, safeguarded,
screened, scummed, sheathed, shelled, sheltered, shrouded, swathed,
tented, under cover, veiled, walled, walled-in, wrapped
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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Shield \Shield\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shielded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Shielding.]
[AS. scidan, scyldan. See Shield, n.]
1. To cover with, or as with, a shield; to cover from danger;
to defend; to protect from assault or injury.
Shouts of applause ran ringing through the field, To
see the son the vanquished father shield. --Dryden.
A woman's shape doth shield thee. --Shak.
2. To ward off; to keep off or out.
They brought with them their usual weeds, fit to
shield the cold to which they had been inured.
--Spenser.
3. To avert, as a misfortune; hence, as a supplicatory
exclamation, forbid! [Obs.]
God shield that it should so befall. --Chaucer.
God shield I should disturb devotion! --Shak.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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