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DEF 
Ivories defecti dentibus. Stat. Dcfec- 
tus genibus, whose knees totter under 
Imp.; Ttball. Sol delectus lumiue, echp- 
sed _ Defecta nomlna, insolvent debt¬ 
ors. Pandect.— Defectus facultatibus, 
a bankrupt. Ulpian. - 'it Also, adj. 
wasted, spent, worn out, decayed, weal., 
languid. Pluedr. Defectus annis. Apul. 
Omnia defectiora. Col. Defectissimus 
annis.-IT See Dcficio. 
J)£FEND8 (de & fendo, obs.), is, di, sum, 
a. 3. to keep or ward off, keep away, 
repel, ck irodiov rroiovpai, dXsfw, cipyo, 
d-dpyco, arceo, prohibeo, depello, pro- 
pulso. Cato, l’recor, uti morbos de- 
fendas. Cic. Solis defendit ardores. 
Ovid. Defendere ignein a tectis. He¬ 
rat. Defendere frigus. Cic. Defendere 
vim illatam. Id. pericula civium. Id. 
injuriam et propulsare. Cuts, helium. 
Vim. Defendc furorem. Sil. Defen¬ 
der! sitim lympha, to quench his tlurst. 
_ With the dative. Virg. Solstiti- 
um pecori defendite, ward off from the 
Hocks. Horat. Faunus igneain defen¬ 
dit testatem capellis. Plant. Defendeie 
iniuriam foribus.-IT Hence, to de¬ 
fend, keep, protect, guard, preserve, sup¬ 
port, SiaaioZo), apvvoo, daiug'O. Cic. 
Provinciam a calamitate defendere.. 
Virn. Defendo a frigore myrtos. Ovul. 
A pecoris morsu frondes defendere. 
Cats. Dignitatem suam ab inimicis. 
Cic. vitam a telis inimicorum. Id. De¬ 
fendere aliquem contra iniquos. Id. 
innocentiam alicujus. Id. aliquem de 
ambitu. Id. Armis prudentue causas 
defendere. Id. Scelus nullum defen¬ 
dere ac tegere. Id. Pacem defendi, 
otio studui. Cels. Defendere valetudi- 
nem, to preserve. Cic. Hunc defendunt, 
huic adsunt, protect him. -- II Also, 
to maintain, assert, support. Lie. Lar- 
neades nullam unquam m lllis suis ciis- 
putationibus rem defendit, quarn non 
probarit.-It Also, to bring forwardm 
the way of defence, allege as a plea or ex¬ 
cuse. Cic. Sed quid ego ex te qmero, 
quid defensurus sis, cum, Sec. 
IT Also, to claim, assert. Pandect.- 
IT Also, to avenge. Pandect. —-"I Also, 
to cover. Stat. Teneras defenditur atra 
veste genas. 
TJEFeNERB (de & fenero), as, a. 1. to ruin 
by usury. Cic. Ad defenerandas din- 
piendasque provincias. 
DeFeNSX (defendo), ®, f. defence, sup¬ 
port, revenge. Tertull. 
dIfeNSIB (Id.), onis, f. a defending, 
1 defence, TTpoararda, an-oXoyia. 
Propugnatio ac defensio dignitatis turn. 
Id. Ad istam omnem orationem brevis 
est defensio, answer. Id. Utriusquerei 
facihs est defensio. Id. Defensio con¬ 
tra vim. Id. Suscipere defensionem 
alicujus. Id. Uti defensione aliqua. 
Id. Dare alicui defensionem. U'.’- 
Apparare omnia ad defensionem urbis. 
U Also, defence, h. e. speech or 
writing in defence. PUn. Defensionem 
Demosthems legit. - H Also, re 
DEFENSIT8 (frequentat. from defendo), 
', as, a. 1. to defend often. Cic. Defensi 
xmraSod.), 
hostibus. - IT Also, to ward off. 
DEFENSOR (defendo), oris, m. one who 
keeps or wards off, qui prohibet, depulso^ 
Cic. Defensores news. Id. Detensoi 
periculi.-IT Also, a Render advo¬ 
cate, patronus, propugnator. Cic. De 
fensor vestrs voluntatis. /(.Gustos, 
defensorque juris et libeitatis^ 
IT Also, of women. Pandect, bi mu 
Her defensor alicujus exstitent. - And 
of inanimate obiects. Cais. bublica, 
adigebantur, ut his defensonbus earum 
vis minueretur. ,. 
DEFENSuJUOS (defensor), a, urn, adj. 
3 pertaining to defence. TertuU. 
DEFERS (de & fero), fers, mil, latum, a. 
to carry down or along, Karaipcp'o, deor 
sum fero. Ovid. RamaTia tecto detulit. 
Lie Tota acies in praceps defertur. 
Plin Amnes plurimum linn deterentes. 
Ovid. Tibris defert purgamma in mare. 
quintil. In terrain deferuntur,/att to the 
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around. Plin. Euphrates defertur in 
tn a re. - II Also, to cast or throw 
down. Stat. Deferat hasta virum, beat 
down. Senec. Terrie motus defert mon- 
tes.-- IT Also, the same as fero, affe- 
ro; to carry, bring, convey. Plant. De- 
ferre epistolas alicui. Id. E portu na¬ 
vis hue nos detulit. Horat. Deferar in 
vicum. -H Also, to produce. PUn. 
Defert fructum.-- IT Figur. to offer, 
proffer, exhibit, give, confer, bestow. 
Horat. Si quid petet, ultro defer. Cic. 
Universum studium meumad te detero. 
Id. Omnem ei suam auctontatem an 
hoc negotium conficiendum detulit. Ut. 
Q.uidquid possum, tibi polliceor, ac dete¬ 
ro. Id. Lex ad prffitorem tabulas de¬ 
fend juhet, to be presented. Id. Deterre 
rationes, to exhibit, bring in, present, ia. 
Deferre causam ad aliquem, to commit. 
QuintU. Deferre jusjurandum alicui, to 
administer. -IT Also, to offer or expose 
for sale. Senec. Videamus, hoc, quod 
concupiscimus, quanti deferatui. 
IT Also, to tell, narrate, report, inform. 
Cic. Hiec omnia indices detulerunt. Id. 
Deferre alicui aliquid per litteras. la. 
Deferre mandata ab aliquo ad quem- 
piam, to carry. JVW De defectione 
patris detulit. Cic. Res ad eum defer¬ 
tur. Vim. Fama detulit arman Clas¬ 
ses __ IT Also, to give an account of, 
report. Gcll. Mille quingenturnsns m 
censum deferre. Cic. Osar m pr®tu- 
ra, in consulatu pnefectum fabrum cle- 
tulit, recommended. -IT Deferre no¬ 
men alicujus, or deferre, absolute ac¬ 
cuse. impeach. Cic. Nomen hujus de 
parricidio deferre. Id. Deferre alicui 
nomen cujuspiam. Tacit. Sex. Manus 
defertur incestasse filiam. Id. A Lapi- 
tone majestatis delatus est. ... 
DEFERVEFAOI5 (de & fcrvefacio), is, 
2 eci, actum, to cause to boil or ferment, 
boil thoroughly. Cato. 
DEFERVEB (de & ferveo), es, erbuii & 
2 ervi, n. 2. to boil, airogca), valde fei- 
veo. Cato. - IT Also, to give over 
boiling or fermenting, grow cool. PUn. 
Mustum defervere passi. Gcll. Auia 
deferbuerat.-IT Figur. to be abated, 
allayed, assuaged, to become calm. Uc. 
Cum cupiditates deferbuissent. Id. Ho- 
minum studia deferbuisse mtelligebat. 
DeFeRVeSCB (de & fervesco), is, n. .3. 
the same as Dcferveo. 
DEFETIGS,in some MSS. for Dcfatigo. 
DeFETISCeNTIX (defetiscor), as, f. wea- 
3 rincss. Tertull. „ . , 
DeFETISCBR (de & fatiscor), ens, dep. 
3 . to be weary or faint, anoKapvo). 1 e- 
rent. Neque defetiscar unquam ego ex- 
peririer. Cic. Defessus labore atque 
Itinera. Cces. Defessi vulneribus ftc 
Languens et defessus. - 11 
Cic. Defessa ac refrigerata accusatio. 
DeFICIB (de & facio), is eci, ecturn, n. 
and a. 3. to fail, be wanting or deficient, 
desum, destituo, £/cXenra>, aibia-rripi. 
Cic. Id in hac causa deficit. Id. , Vererer, 
ne vox viresque deficerent. C(ps. Cuin 
tela nostris deficerent. Cic. Tempus te 
deficeret. Senec. Terra defecit gradum, 
is wanting to my steps. Cic. Prudentia 
nunquam deficit oratorem. Den- 
cere legibus, h. e. break, violate. Liv. 
Illis legibus populus R. prior non defi- 
r i e t _ Also, passiv. PUn. Jan. H;ec 
ammnitas deftcitur a<iua salienti, 
amamiia Cic. Mulier con- 
wants runnino-water. _ — 
silio et ratione deficitur, is wanting m 
te. Cum aquilifer viribus deficeretur " ^TtVOS (de'finio) 
r\ • 7 Tomnm’P flpficitir, I should WOLllt I LJEr Il’il v._ 
Zt ScZT llrg. Defici animo, to definitive, explaining or 
fall into a swoon. — IT Also, U> grow 
feeble, cease, perish. Lucret. Venti ca 
lore deficiunt. Cats. auodmiiltiG.il- 
cis tot bellis defecerant, had perished. 
Cic Deficere -animo, to be disheartened. 
_1 IT Deficere vita, to die. 
_IT AVith the infinitive. Sit. Geimos 
scandere tecum deficiam montes? Pa¬ 
vers. Propert. Nec me deficiet nautas 
ro< r itare citatos.-H Also, to be eclip¬ 
sed Cic. Sol deficiens.- ir A lso ’ to 
be finished, to dose, end. Plin. Mucrone 
deficit, ends in a point. Petron. In de 
ficiente porticu, h. c. at the end. 
IT Also, to leave, abandon, forsake,forego. 
Ovid, aualis cum deficit orbem, esse 
solet, h. c. sol.-II Also, to become a 
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bankrupt. Pandect. — Also, to rehc\ 
revolt. Cic. Consules a senatu defece. 
rant. JVepos. Deficere ab amicitia ali¬ 
cujus. Liv. Defecere ad Posnos, wen t 
over to. -- IT Figur. Cic. A virtute de 
ficere, to lose sight of virtue. Id. fluid 
awes, si utilitas ab amicitia defecerit ? 
Id. Ut a me ipse deficerem. Virg. 
Dubiis ne defice rebus, do not fail us. 
_ IT Passiv. Ovid. Deficior prudens 
artis ab arte mea. See Defectus. 
DeFIGS (do & Sgo), is, ixi, ixum, a. 3. 
to fix in the ground, plant, Karaxnyvbu. 
Cic. Crucem defigi jubes. Virg. Defi- 
»unt tellure hastas. Id. Terra; defigi- 
tur arbos.-IT Also, to fix, plunge , 
strike. Cic. Sicam in corpore defigere. 
Liv. Cultrum in corde defigere. Id. 
Gladium jugnlo defigit. Curt. Defigere 
cuneos in saxa, et inter saxa, to strike, 
thrust, impel. Plin. Defigere morsurn in 
aurem. Varr. Defigere aliquem cruel, 
t0 na ii. -IT Figur. to fix, fasten, settle. 
Curt. In terram ora defixerant. Id. 
In vultu regis defixerant oculos. Ovid. 
Defigere oculos in aliquem. Cic. Men- 
tem defigit. Id. Defigere et intendere 
animutn in aliquid, to fix one's mind or 
attention. Id. Omnes suas curas in rei- 
publ. salute defigunt. Id. In oculis 
omnium sua flagitia defixurus sim. Id. 
Defixus in cogitatione, in deep thought. 
Id. auousque humi defixa tua mens 
erit. Horat. Defixis oculis torpere.- 
IT Deficere culpam, to censure, blame. 
p ers , IT Also, to astonish, overpow¬ 
er, stupefy, strike motionless. Liv. Tau- 
ta mcestitia defixit omnium animos. Id. 
Stupor omnes admiratione tantic rei de- 
fixil. Tacit. Defixi pavore. Virg. De¬ 
fixus lumina. - H Also, to bind by 
spells, to bewitch, enchant, Ovid. Sagave 
pcenicea defixit nomina ;era. Tacit. 
Miles quasi ob metum defixus, spdl- 
DEFINT>5 (de & findo), is, idi, issum, 
a. 3. to cleave. Ennius. 
DeFINGB (de & fingo), is, mxi, ictum, a. 
3 3. to .form, fashion. Cato. 
DeFINIB (de & hnio), '. s >, lV1 > 
to terminate, bound, limit, define, 
mine, uaSoa'i^, diopigw, 
Illi orbes adspectum no f c ‘ 
Id. Aides sibi optimas defin.un . Cws. 
Adeundi tempus defimunt. Cic. uen 
nire alicui potestatem inqmnquemui™. 
_IT Also, to conclude , 
Ut orationem concludam ac ded nla 
Hence, April. Definite aliquem, to pul 
to death. -—IT AIbo, , to preserve. Cic 
auam vitam ingrediar, definias ', ( 
IT Also, to resolve, determine. __ 
Id. Universum genusbrevidefinu p 
sacs- i 
rat. Id. Partite, definite, distincte 
DEFINITI8 (definio), Miis^f. “jgjJ 
prescribing , bounding. cll Kiata —’ 
et temporum dofimtiwe subat^J 
IT Also, a definition. Cic. C H . 
brevis et circumscripta qu* am v 
cati0 . - IT Also, a rule, an order 
Judiciorutn definitio. a( i ve ib, 
DEFINITIVE (defimtrvus), 
3 nitely, definitively. Tertvu. ad . ect 
EFINITI VOS (defimo), a, »t 
definitive, explaining ^ definiti- 
ing of a word. <Ac- C 0 " Also, 
va. Id. Causa dedn UV J*; s ententi>- 
conclusive, final. 9° tertull. 
-IT Also, limited. Tertull , 
DeFINITOS (Id.), a, ci , 
defined, finite, determm , Q UffiSt jo d*’ 
Definitum locum. i a - 
DEFraCOLOS (defit & 
3 •ss.r.arSji- ^ 
Nihil apud me tibi m n on ^ 
Lac mihi non q U od sit satu 
<r 0r e defit. PI** 1 ’ v ‘ ae ’ H 
