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1 defy
1) (to dare (someone to act); to challenge: I defy you to try and stop me!) vyzvat2) (to resist boldly or openly: Are you defying my authority?) vzpírat se, vzdorovat* * *• vzdorovat
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defy — ► VERB (defies, defied) 1) openly resist or refuse to obey. 2) challenge to do or prove something. DERIVATIVES defier noun. ORIGIN Old French desfier, from Latin fidus faithful … English terms dictionary
defy — verb ADVERB ▪ openly ▪ Journalists were openly defying the authorities. VERB + DEFY ▪ be prepared to (esp. BrE), be willing to ▪ He is willing to defy his own party … Collocations dictionary
defy — verb defied, defying (T) 1 to refuse to obey a law or rule, or refuse to do what someone in authority tells you to do: He defied his father s wishes and married Agnes. 2 defy description/analysis/imagination etc to be so extreme or unusual that… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
defy — I verb affront, assume a fighting attitude, battle, beard, brave, breast, buck, challenge, conflict with, confront, dare, disobey, disregard, flout, front, mutiny, oppose, outface, provocare, rebel, resist, resist openly, stand up against,… … Law dictionary
defy — verb 1) he defied local law Syn: disobey, go against, flout, fly in the face of, disregard, ignore; break, violate, contravene, breach, infringe Ant: obey 2) his actions defy be … Thesaurus of popular words
defy — verb (defies, defying, defied) 1》 openly resist or refuse to obey. 2》 challenge to do or prove something: he glowered at her, defying her to mock him. ↘be of such a kind or nature that (a specified action or attitude) is almost impossible:… … English new terms dictionary
defy — verb Syn: disobey, flout, disregard, ignore, break, violate, contravene, breach, challenge, confront Ant: obey … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
defy — [[t]dɪfa͟ɪ[/t]] defies, defying, defied 1) VERB If you defy someone or something that is trying to make you behave in a particular way, you refuse to obey them and behave in that way. [V n] This was the first (and last) time that I dared to defy… … English dictionary
defy — 1. noun A challenge. 2. verb a) To renounce or dissolve all bonds of affiance, faith, or obligation with; to reject, refuse, or renounce. to defy an enemy; to defy the power of a magistrate; to defy the arguments of an opponent; to defy public… … Wiktionary
defy */ — UK [dɪˈfaɪ] / US verb [transitive] Word forms defy : present tense I/you/we/they defy he/she/it defies present participle defying past tense defied past participle defied 1) to refuse to obey someone or something The commander defied a direct… … English dictionary
defy — [14] The underlying notion of defy is of the renunciation of allegiance. It comes via Old French defier from a Vulgar Latin *disfidāre ‘renounce one’s faith’, a compound verb formed from the prefix dis , denoting reversal, and Latin fīdus… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins