Defy

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  • transitive verb. undefined
  • transitive verb. To oppose or resist with boldness and assurance.
  • transitive verb. To refuse to submit to or cooperate with.
  • transitive verb. To be beyond the application or scope of; be contrary or resistant to.
  • transitive verb. To challenge or dare (someone) to do something.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A challenge; a defiance.
  • To renounce; reject; refuse; repudiate; cast off.
  • To revolt at; reject from dislike; disapprove.
  • To challenge to contest or trial with arms; dare to meet in combat.
  • To challenge to an action or procedure of any kind; dare to do something (generally with an implication of belief that it cannot be done, or that the action will fail of its purpose).
  • To dare; brave; manifest a contempt of or indifference to (opposition, attack, or hostile force); set at naught; resist successfully: as, to defy the arguments of an opponent; to defy the power of a magistrate.
  • To reject; eject; void: with out.
  • To digest.
  • To digest; be digested.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A challenge.
  • transitive verb. To renounce or dissolve all bonds of affiance, faith, or obligation with; to reject, refuse, or renounce.
  • transitive verb. 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
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A challenge.
  • verb. To renounce or dissolve all bonds of affiance, faith, or obligation with; to reject, refuse, or renounce.
  • verb. this sense?) 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.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. challenge
  • verb. resist or confront with resistance
  • verb. elude, especially in a baffling way
  • Word Usage
    "Regardless of party affiliation or politics, the attacks on Palin defy everything that this country is suppose to be about."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    obey  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ai  Alai  Ally  Bi  Bligh  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    affront  attack  baffle  balk  battle cry  
    variant
    defied  
    verb-form
    defied  defies  defying