Protect

pro-tekt', v.t. to cover in front to cover over: to defend, to shelter. [L.pro, tu trout, and tego, tectum, akin to (Jr. sfegl, cover.] Protection, pro-tek's hun, act of protecting' state of being protected preservation del cnee guard: refuge, security, pa puit Protectionist, pro-tth's hun-ist, n, one who favours the protection of trade by law