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verb (used with object)
1.
to ward off (often followed by off): to fend off blows.
2.
to defend.
verb (used without object)
3.
to resist or make defense: to fend against poverty.
4.
to parry; fence.
5.
to shift; provide: to fend for oneself.
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Fend off
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
Related forms
un·fend·ed, adjective
Synonyms
5. manage, make out, get along.
5. manage, make out, get along.
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
fend
c.1300, shortening of defend. To fend for oneself (1620s) is to see to one's own defense. Related: Fended; fending.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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