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protect en · VERB

Pronunciation

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• /pɹəˈtɛkt/

Etymology

Attested in English since 1530, from Latin prōtēctus (“covered, protected”), past participle of prōtegō, prōtegere (“to cover the front, protect”) from prō, prō- (“before, in front of”) + tegō, tegere (“to cover”), see tegument. Largely displaced native Middle English shelden, from Old English sċildan (“to protect,” literally “to shield”).

Meanings

1. (ambitransitive) To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to.
   • But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen? Or might it have been subterfuge—a disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the realities of their life at sea. 2012 March 14, William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter, “The British Longitude Act Reconsidered”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 87:
   • to protect a child from danger
   • This antivirus package will protect your computer from hackers.
   • Condoms are designed to protect against sexually-transmitted diseases.
2. To book a passenger on a later flight if there is a chance they will not be able to board their earlier reserved flight.

Forms

Deriveds

protecc · cryoprotect · chemoprotect · reprotect · calprotectin · photoprotect · protectant · immunoprotect · protectible · overprotect · cardioprotect · unprotect · shoot and protect · protectability · neuroprotect · protectee · underprotect · chondroprotect · protective · radioprotect · seroprotect · protectin · protectable · protection · neuroprotectin · deprotect

Synonyms

shield · beshield

Translations (138)

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