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Definition of the day : « defies »
- verb challenge, frustrate
- It is the falsehood of the silliest poetry to say he defies the image of his beloved.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- I now come to a point in the drama which at once demands and defies explanation.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- All is soil for the plough, all defies our designs for complete explanation.
- Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby
- If, however, one of the challenged be a spirited fellow, he defies him.
- Extract from : « A Supplementary Chapter to the Bible in Spain » by George Borrow
- He defies the stick, and he would defy the gallows if it were far enough off.
- Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
- But it is civilization which defies it and brings down the penalty.
- Extract from : « The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado » by Logan Marshall
- "He says that he does not believe in spirits, and that he defies them," she answered.
- Extract from : « Benita, An African Romance » by H. Rider Haggard
- "Master Robert defies the majesty of the law," said Winter dryly.
- Extract from : « The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley » by Louis Tracy
- It is to him that I owe what is my only beauty, and I am assured that it defies detection.
- Extract from : « Marge Askinforit » by Barry Pain
- The scene of the instant after that defies ordinary description.
- Extract from : « Stingaree » by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung