DEFY
\dɪfˈa͡ɪ], \dɪfˈaɪ], \d_ɪ_f_ˈaɪ]\
Definitions of DEFY
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- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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elude, especially in a baffling way; "This behavior defies explanation"
By Princeton University
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To provoke to combat or strife; to call out to combat; to challenge; to dare; to brave; to set at defiance; to treat with contempt; as, to defy an enemy; to defy the power of a magistrate; to defy the arguments of an opponent; to defy public opinion.
By Oddity Software
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To provoke to combat or strife; to call out to combat; to challenge; to dare; to brave; to set at defiance; to treat with contempt; as, to defy an enemy; to defy the power of a magistrate; to defy the arguments of an opponent; to defy public opinion.
By Noah Webster.
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Defying.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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To challenge to a contest; to challenge to say or do anything; to dare or brave; to treat with contempt.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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