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defial rare.|dɪˈfaɪəl|
[In ME., a. OF. defiaille (13–14th c. in Godef.), f. defier to defy: see -al1 5. In modern use perh. directly from the Eng. verb: cf. denial.]
= defiance.
c1470Harding Chron. cliv. iv, He helde the felde and kyng Philyp warred, And letters sent hym, defyals and vmbrayde, Of hys suraunce and othe. 1793W. Taylor tr. Goethe's Iph. in Tauris Note 119 This defial is not a Gothic and misplac'd idea. 1824W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. LVII. 509 King Meliad, And Danayn..took part In the defial. 1848W. K. Kelly tr. L. Blanc's Hist. Ten Y. II. 267 Abuse, which he met with lofty defial or silent contempt. |