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defending en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /dəˈfɛndɪŋ/
Meanings
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An act of defence.
[…] his wondrous laudations and defendings of the unfriended Turner […]
1857, London Quarterly Review, volume 7, page 498:
Forms
Deriveds
defending zone · defending champion
defending en · VERB
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /dəˈfɛndɪŋ/
Meanings
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(form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of defend