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Definition ward
Etymology 1
From Middle English ward, from Old English weard (�keeper, watchman, guard, guardian, protector; lord, king; possessor�), from Proto-Germanic *warduz (�guard, keeper�), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (�to heed, defend�). Cognate with German Wart.
Noun
ward (plural wards)
Etymology 2
From Middle English ward, warde, from Old English weard (�watching, ward, protection, guardianship; advance post; waiting for, lurking, ambuscade�), from Proto-Germanic *ward? (�protection, attention, keeping�), an extension of the stem *wara- (�attentive�) (English wary, beware), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (�to cover�). Cognate with German Warte (�watchtower�), warten (�wait for�); English guard is a parallel form which came via Old French.
Noun
ward (plural wards)
- Protection, defence.
- (obsolete) A guard or watchman; now replaced by warden.
- The action of a watchman; monitoring, surveillance (usually in phrases keep ward etc.).
- Guardianship, especially of a child or prisoner.
- An enchantment or spell placed over a designated area, or a social unit, that prevents any tresspasser from entering, approaching or even from being able to locate said protected premises.
- (historical, Scots law) Land tenure through military service.
- (fencing) A guarding or defensive motion or position.
- A protected place, and by extension, a type of subdivision.
- An area of a castle, corresponding to a circuit of the walls.
- A section or subdivision of a prison.
- An administrative division of a borough, city or council.
- (Britain) A division of a forest.
- (Mormonism) A subdivision of the LDS Church, smaller than and part of a stake, but larger than a branch.
- A part of a hospital, with beds, where patients reside.
- A person under guardianship.
- An object used for guarding.
Etymology 3
From Middle English warden, from Old English weardian (�to watch, guard, keep, protect, preserve; hold, possess, occupy, inhabit; rule, govern�), from Proto-Germanic *ward?n?, *ward?n? (�to guard�), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (�to heed, defend�).
Verb
ward (third-person singular simple present wards, present participle warding, simple past and past participle warded)
- (transitive) To keep in safety, to watch over, to guard.
- (transitive) To defend, to protect.
- (transitive) To fend off, to repel, to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; -- usually followed by off.
- (intransitive) To be vigilant; to keep guard.
- (intransitive) To act on the defensive with a weapon.
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