Word: defended
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: de
fen
ded
Definition: Simple past tense and past participle of defend; fight against or resist strongly
Morphemes:
Affix: defend
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To ward off attacks against; to fight to protect; to guard.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: dē-
Language: la
Decoded: de-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: de-
Affix: *fendō
Language: la
Decoded: *fendo
Meaning: hit, thrust
Affix: -ed
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form past tenses of (regular) verbs. In linguistics, it is used for the base form of any past form. See -t for a variant.