To renounce or dissolve all bonds of affiance, faith, or obligation with; to reject, refuse, or renounce. (Obs.) "I defy the surety and the bond." "For thee I have defied my constant mistress."
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"Defy" Quotes from Famous Books — An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa • Abd Salam Shabeeny — The History of Pendennis, Vol. 2 - His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy • William Makepeace Thackeray — Sea-Power and Other Studies • Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridge — The Age of the Reformation • Preserved Smith — The Merry-Go-Round • Carl Van Vechten |
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