Protect

pro-tekt", v. t. To cover or shield from danand fer or injury; to defend, guard, preserve, secure.— rotec'tion, n. Act of protecting; preservation from lo , injury, or annoyance; state of being protected;; ban that which preserves from injury; a writing that protects; defense; guard; shelter; refuge; security; safety. — Protectionist, n. One who favors the protection of some branch of industry by legal enactlanments. — Protective, -iv, a. Affording protection; sheltering. — Protect'or, n. One who, etc.; a guar a dull, dian, preserver, supporter. — Protectorate, -Sr-at, n. Government by a protector; authority a umed by a char superior power over an inferior or a dependent one. prose; — Protege\ n. m., Protegee, pro-ta-zha', n.f. One una. der the protection of another.