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   protect

   /prəˈtɛkt/

   verb

   • 1. keep safe from harm or injury: "he tried to protect Kelly from the attack"
   • ▪ preserve or guarantee by means of formal or legal measures: "free speech is protected under Article 33 of the Constitution"
   • ▪ aim to preserve (a threatened species or area) by legislating against hunting, collecting, or development: "the first federal legislation protecting bison was enacted in 1894"
   • ▪ shield (a domestic industry) from competition by imposing import duties on foreign goods: "Japan's Ministry of Trade & Industry erected barriers to protect the country's infant computer industry"
   • ▪ restrict access to or use of (data or a memory location): "security products are designed to protect information from unauthorized access"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin protect- ‘covered in front’, from the verb protegere, from pro- ‘in front’ + tegere ‘to cover’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. protectable adjective

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • P

     3

   • R

     1

   • O

     1

   • T

     1

   • E

     1

   • C

     3

   • T

     1

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