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protect

verb
/pɹəˈtɛkt/

Etymology

Attested in English since 1530, from Latin prōtēctus (“covered, protected”), past participle of prōtegō, prōtegere (“to cover the front, protect”) from prō, prō- (“before, in front of”) + tegō, tegere (“to cover”), see tegument. Displaced native Middle English shelden, from Old English sċildan (“to protect,” literally “to shield”).

  1. derived from prōtēctus

Definitions

  1. To keep safe

    To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to.

    • to protect a child from danger
    • This antivirus package will protect your computer from hackers.
    • Condoms are designed to protect against sexually-transmitted diseases.

  2. To book a passenger on a later flight if there is a chance they will not be able to board…

    To book a passenger on a later flight if there is a chance they will not be able to board their earlier reserved flight.

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Derived

calprotectin, cardioprotect, chemoprotect, chondroprotect, cryoprotect, deprotect, immunoprotect, neuroprotect, neuroprotectin, overprotect, photoprotect, protecc, protectability, protectable, protectant, protectee, protectible, protectin, protection, protective, radioprotect, reprotect, seroprotect, shoot and protect, underprotect, unprotect

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at protect. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01protect02reserved03aside04perfect05flaw06fissure07skin08protective

A definitional loop anchored at protect. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at protect

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA