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verb
To shield around or about; protect; defend.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, reflexive, transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To provide or outfit with a shield.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Middle English bischilden, from Old English besċyldian, besċieldian (“to shield, defend”); equivalent to be- + shield.
