2. Verb. (third-person singular of defy) ¹
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Definition of Defies
1. defy [v] - See also: defy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Defies
Literary usage of Defies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. State Documents on Federal Relations: The States and the United States by Herman Vandenburg Ames (1906)
"Wisconsin defies the Federal Courts. March ig, 1859. On the eve of the Civil War,
the State of Wisconsin, through her courts, her legislature and the action ..."
2. History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages: Der Wendepunkt der Renaissance by Woldemar von Seidlitz, Ferdinand Gregorovius, Annie Hamilton (1906)
"COMES TO ITALY—HE AND THE POPE ENTER ROME—THE EMPEROR LEAVES ITALY — PERUGIA
defies THE POPE—THE EMPEROR OF BYZANTIUM IN ROME—URBAN ANNOUNCES HIS RESOLVE OF ..."
3. The History of the Norman Conquest of England: Its Causes and Its Results by Edward Augustus Freeman (1876)
"Before long, Earl Robert Robert of sent his defiance, and his castle of Bristol
became the defies 11^7 centre of all opposition to the King, ..."
4. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by John Beauchamp Jones (1866)
"Not a gun has been heard by me to-day, and the mysterious silence defies my powers
of penetration. I only hope it may continue sine die. OCTOBER 11 TIL. ..."
5. Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle by Jane Welsh Carlyle (1883)
"... to live or to die without disturbing himself much about the matter ; who defies
all men and honours, all women, and whose name is Cavaignac' (Godefroi, ..."
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