What is a state of opposition; willingness to flight; disposition to resist; contempt of opposition. He breathed defiance to my ears. Shak called?
defiance — A state of opposition; willingness to flight; disposition to resist; contempt of opposition. He breathed defiance to my ears. Shak. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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