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Protect

//pɹəˈtɛkt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to. ambitransitive

    "to protect a child from danger"

  2. 2
    shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage wordnet
  3. 3
    To book a passenger on a later flight if there is a chance they will not be able to board their earlier reserved flight.
  4. 4
    use tariffs to favor domestic industry wordnet

Etymology

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

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