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Answer : DEFY
defy, defied, defies, redefy, defying – v
to resist openly and boldly
Wordplays
SYNONYMS
disobey, mock, rebel (against)
SENTENCE EXAMPLES
“She defied her parents and dropped out of school.”
“The group has continued to defy all efforts to stop them.”
“The oral traditions of Māori culture have managed to defy and survive colonization, and Aotearoa as a name will continue that legacy.”
ETYMOLOGY
defy (v.)
c. 1300, defien, “to renounce one’s allegiance;” mid-14c., “to challenge to fight, dare to meet in combat;” from Old French defier, desfier “to challenge, defy, provoke; renounce (a belief), repudiate (a vow, etc.),” from Vulgar Latin *disfidare “renounce one’s faith” (in Medieval Latin diffidare), from Latin dis- “away” (see dis-) + fidus “faithful” (from PIE root *bheidh- “to trust, confide, persuade”). By 1670s as “dare (someone) to do something (that the challenger believes cannot or will not be done).”
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