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defial

defial noun: defiance.

Noun

defial (countable and uncountable, plural defials)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Defiance.
  2. (obsolete) A declaration of war.
    • The customs of Scandinavia did not forbid, on the contrary, they required, the kind reception of a man whose defial was accepted. This implied sufficient equality of rank to entitle either party to the other's hospitality. Those would drink against each other over night, who were to fight against...1828, William Taylor, Historic Survey of the German Poetry, Vol. 1, pages 38-39

Forms of defial

pluraldefials

Questions about defial

What does defial mean?
Defial means defiance.
What part of speech is defial?
Defial is a noun.
What is the plural of defial?
The plural of defial is defials.

Words near defial in the dictionary

  1. deffo
  2. Defford
  3. deffos
  4. DeFi
  5. defiable
  6. defial
  7. defials
  8. defiance
  9. Defiance County
  10. defiances
  11. defiant

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