"fend and prove" meaning in English

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      "form": "fending and proving",
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      "form": "fended and proved",
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    {
      "form": "fended and proved",
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      "form": "fended and proven",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "ref": "1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "The dexterous management of terms, and being able to fend and prove with them, I know has, and does pass in the world for a great part of learning; but it is learning distinct from knowledge; […]",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1818, John Dunton, The Life and Errors of John Dunton, Citizen of London:",
          "text": "All Pulpit-fools are enemies to Love, If e'er they think, 't is how to fend and prove.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To engage in argument."
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) To engage in argument."
      ],
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          "ref": "1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC:",
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          "text": "All Pulpit-fools are enemies to Love, If e'er they think, 't is how to fend and prove.",
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        "To engage in argument."
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        "(idiomatic) To engage in argument."
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