Inalienable vs Defended - What's the difference?
inalienable | defended | Synonyms |
Incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred to another; not alienable.
(grammar) Of or pertaining to a noun belonging to a special class in which the possessive construction differs from the norm, especially for particular familial relationships and body parts.
(defend)
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(obsolete) To ward off, repel (an attack or attacker).
*1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.viii:
*:The vertue is, that neither steele, nor stone / The stroke thereof from entrance may defend .
(obsolete) To prevent, to keep (from doing something).
(transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To prohibit, forbid.
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*:Broder said sir launcelot wete ye wel I am ful lothe to departe oute of this realme / but the quene hath defended me soo hyhely / that me semeth she wille neuer be my good lady as she hath ben
To ward off attacks from; to fight to protect; to guard.
To support by words or writing; to vindicate, talk in favour of.
(legal) To make legal defence of; to represent (the accused).
*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=December 14, author=Steven Morris, work=Guardian
, title= (sports) To focus one's energies and talents on preventing opponents from scoring, as opposed to focusing on scoring.
(sports) To attempt to retain a title, or attempt to reach the same stage in a competition as one did in the previous edition of that competition.
(poker slang) To call a raise from the big blind.
As an adjective inalienable
is incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred to another; not alienable.As a verb defended is
past tense of defend.inalienable
English
(Inalienable possession) (way too much verbiage for a dictionary entry)Adjective
(-)- inalienable right a right that cannot be given away
Usage notes
While inalienable' and unalienable are today used interchangeably with '''''in alienable more common, the terms have historically sometimes been distinguished.“Unalienable” vs. “Inalienable”], [http://adask.wordpress.com/about/ Alfred Adask, Adask’s law, July 15, 2009, 3:56 PM
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* (l)Antonyms
* (incapable of being alienated) (l)References
defended
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(head)defend
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(en verb)Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave, passage=Philip Miles, defending , said: "This was a single instance, there was no allegation of continuing behaviour over a long period of time."}}
