'Warded' definitions:
Definition of 'Warded'
From: GCIDE
- Ward \Ward\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Warded; p. pr. & vb. n. Warding.] [OE. wardien, AS. weardian to keep, protect; akin to OS. ward?n to watch, take care, OFries. wardia, OHG. wart?n, G. warten to wait, wait on, attend to, Icel. var?a to guarantee defend, Sw. v[*a]rda to guard, to watch; cf. OF. warder, of German origin. See Ward, n., and cf. Award, Guard, Reward.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To keep in safety; to watch; to guard; formerly, in a specific sense, to guard during the day time. [1913 Webster]
- Whose gates he found fast shut, no living wight To ward the same. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To defend; to protect. [1913 Webster]
- Tell him it was a hand that warded him From thousand dangers. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To defend by walls, fortifications, etc. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 4. To fend off; to repel; to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; -- usually followed by off. [1913 Webster]
- Now wards a felling blow, now strikes again. --Daniel. [1913 Webster]
- The pointed javelin warded off his rage. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- It instructs the scholar in the various methods of warding off the force of objections. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Warded'
- -ward,
- -wards,
- Ward,
- Warding,
- ward off,
- Casualty ward,
- City ward,
- La Ward,
- Seth Ward,
- Ward County,
- Ward penny,
- Ward staff,
- Ward, AR,
- Ward, CO,
- Ward, ND,
- Ward, SC,
- Ward, SD,
- Ward, TX,
- Watch and ward,
- artemus ward,
- barbara ward,
- hospital ward,
- maternity ward,
- montgomery ward,
- ward heeler,
- Bridge-ward,
- La Ward, TX,
- March-ward,
- Seth Ward, TX,
- Ward County, ND,
- Ward County, TX,
- Ward-corn,
- aaron montgomery ward,
- henry ward beecher,
- julia ward howe,
- mrs. humphrey ward,
- ward-heeler,
- conservator-ward relation,
- mary augusta arnold ward