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dēfēnsus

P. P. P. v. defendo

dē-fendō <fendere, fendī, fēnsum>

1.

abwehren, zurückweisen, zurück-, ab-, fern halten [ iniuriam; civium pericula; solis ardores; hostem; frigus; solstitium pecori; ignem a tectis ]

4.

durch Rede o. Schrift sich, jmd. o. jmds. Sache geg. Angriffe, Beschuldigung, Anklage verteidigen, in Schutz nehmen, verfechten, vertreten, sich jmds. o. einer Sache annehmen

6. (eine Meinung)

verteidigen, verfechten, behaupten [ sententiam; rem in suis disputationibus ]

7. (eine Stellung, Aufgabe, Pflicht)

behaupten, einnehmen, durchführen [ officium censurae ]
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