transitive. To defy. Obsolete.

To challenge the power of; to set at defiance; to resist boldly or openly; to set at nought.

transitive. To oppose or confront (a person) openly, boldly, or insolently; to defy, defeat, affront.

To treat with bravado; to challenge, defy.

transitive. To defy proudly, challenge; also, to bully, threaten. Obsolete exc. dialect.

transitive. To face boldly or defiantly, to confront fearlessly or shamelessly; to brave, defy, stand up to. Also figurative.

to hold (a person) wag: to keep at bay, defy. Obsolete.

To challenge or defy (a person).

transitive. To face with a show of defiance; to stand out against bravely or defiantly.

to defy.

transitive. To defy, oppose; to get the better of, master; †to show ill will to (obsolete). Also with down.

To challenge to a contest; to bid defiance to. rare. Obsolete.

Phr. to bid defiance to: to defy, declare hostility to; to brave, set at nought; so to set at defiance.

transferred and figurative. To go counter to, make headway against (something compared to a stream); rarely, †to face, defy (a person).

transitive. To dare, brave, defy.

= brave, v. 1 2 Obsolete.