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Antonyms for warded

Grammar : Verb
Spell : wawr-did
Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɔr dɪd

Definition of warded

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 warded them off, holding the butt of the gun in front of him.
  • Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
  • Matches are very convenient, but they must be warded from dampness.
  • Extract from : « Pluck on the Long Trail » by Edwin L. Sabin
  • Blow after blow he warded off, till at last his own arm was disabled.
  • Extract from : « The Grateful Indian » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • What, then, would result if these disturbers could be warded off, one or all?
  • Extract from : « Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 460 » by Various
  • Jerry warded off the blows as well as he could, and tried to return them.
  • Extract from : « The Camp in the Snow » by William Murray Graydon
  • We prayed that the war might be warded off, but God disposed otherwise.
  • Extract from : « The Peace Negotiations » by J. D. Kestell
  • At a distance, and with Miss Grafton's aid, the blow will be warded off.
  • Extract from : « Louise de la Valliere » by Alexandre Dumas, Pere
  • This was not the anticipated, warded danger, but the trick punch from nowhere.
  • Extract from : « A Matter of Proportion » by Anne Walker
  • I've got him warded off proposing, and while I guard against that it's all right.
  • Extract from : « Some Everyday Folk and Dawn » by Miles Franklin
  • The lightning, only to be warded by an esquire, was in them.
  • Extract from : « The Short Works of George Meredith » by George Meredith

Synonyms for warded

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