Protect

[prə'tekt] or [prə'tɛkt]

Definition

(verb.) shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage; 'Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain'.

(verb.) use tariffs to favor domestic industry.

Edited by Alexander--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To cover or shield from danger or injury; to defend; to guard; to preserve in safety; as, a father protects his children.

Editor: Lyle

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Defend (by a covering), guard, shield, screen, shelter, house, preserve, secure, save.

Checker: Marge

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Defend, fortify, guard, shield, preserve, cover, secure, save, vindicate

ANT:Betray, endanger, imperil, abandon, expose

Typist: Lottie

Definition

v.t. to cover in front: to cover over: to shield from danger: to defend: to shelter.—adv. Protec′tingly.—ns. Protec′tion act of protecting: state of being protected: preservation: defence: that which protects: guard: refuge: security: a writing guaranteeing against molestation or interference: passport: a fostering of home produce and manufactures by laying taxes on the importation of foreign goods; Protec′tionism the doctrine of the protectionists; Protec′tionist one who favours the protection of trade by law.—adj. favouring the economic doctrine of protection.—adj. Protec′tive affording protection: defensive: sheltering.—n. that which protects.—adv. Protec′tively.—ns. Protec′tiveness; Protec′tor one who protects from injury or oppression: a guardian: a regent:—fem. Protec′tress Protec′trix.—adjs. Protec′toral Protectō′rial pertaining to a protector or a regent.—n. Protec′torāte government by a protector: the authority assumed by a superior: relation assumed by a strong nation to a weak one whereby the latter is protected from hostile or foreign interference.—adj. Protec′torless.—ns. Protec′torship; Protec′tory an institution for destitute children.

Edited by Bonita

Examples

Typed by Harrison

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