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Antonyms for warding

Grammar : Verb
Spell : wawrd
Phonetic Transcription : wɔrd


Definition of warding

Origin :
  • Old English weardian "to keep guard," from Proto-Germanic *wardojan- (cf. Old Saxon wardon, Old Norse varða "to guard," Old Frisian wardia, Middle Dutch waerden "to take care of," Old High German warten "to guard, look out for, expect," German warten "to wait, wait on, nurse, tend"), from *wardo- (see ward (n.)). French garder, Italian guardare, Spanish guardar are Germanic loan-words. Meaning "to parry, to fend off" (now usually with off) is recorded from 1570s. Related: Warded; warding.
  • verb defend, guard
Example sentences :
  • He raised a hand with the gesture of one warding off a blow.
  • Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • He had been warding off the moment of despair, but he could do so no longer now.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • The attitude of warding off reveals itself as fastidiousness and as bashfulness.
  • Extract from : « Erasmus and the Age of Reformation » by Johan Huizinga
  • It was sufficient for Mascarin to be assured of a danger to find means of warding it off.
  • Extract from : « Caught In The Net » by Emile Gaboriau
  • She raised her tiny hands before her face as if she were warding off a blow.
  • Extract from : « A Tar-Heel Baron » by Mabell Shippie Clarke Pelton
  • She held out her hands to him, palm outwards, as if warding off some present danger.
  • Extract from : « Flamsted quarries » by Mary E. Waller
  • It is to explain that and to ask your cooperation in warding off the holocaust that I have sent for you.
  • Extract from : « The Copper-Clad World » by Harl Vincent
  • The potency of charms in warding off evil spirits is believed in.
  • Extract from : « Castes and Tribes of Southern India » by Edgar Thurston
  • Carl is warding them off, protecting me as much as possible.
  • Extract from : « My Wonderful Visit » by Charlie Chaplin
  • To the amethyst was attributed the power of warding off the effects of drunkenness.
  • Extract from : « The Heritage of Dress » by Wilfred Mark Webb

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