defendit

defendit is a Latin form of defendo, meaning “defend, ward off”. It is the 3rd person singular perfect active indicative.

Found 130 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 6.23.4: Cum bellum civitas aut inlatum defendit aut infert, magistratus, qui ei bello praesint, ut vitae necisque habeant potestatem, deliguntur.

Lucan, Civil War 6.376: Defendit Titaresos aquas, lapsusque superne

All forms of defendo (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.