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Definition of wards

Ward
Ward Ward, v. i. 1. To be vigilant; to keep guard. 2. To act on the defensive with a weapon. She redoubling her blows drove the stranger to no other shift than to ward and go back. --Sir P. Sidney.
Ward
Ward Ward, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Warded; p. pr. & vb. n. Warding.] [OE. wardien, AS. weardian to keep, protect; akin to OS. ward?n to watch, take care, OFries. wardia, OHG. wart?n, G. warten to wait, wait on, attend to, Icel. var?a to guarantee defend, Sw. v[*a]rda to guard, to watch; cf. OF. warder, of German origin. See Ward, n., and cf. Award, Guard, Reward.] 1. To keep in safety; to watch; to guard; formerly, in a specific sense, to guard during the day time. Whose gates he found fast shut, no living wight To ward the same. --Spenser. 2. To defend; to protect. Tell him it was a hand that warded him From thousand dangers. --Shak. 3. To defend by walls, fortifications, etc. [Obs.] 4. To fend off; to repel; to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; -- usually followed by off. Now wards a felling blow, now strikes again. --Daniel. The pointed javelin warded off his rage. --Addison. It instructs the scholar in the various methods of warding off the force of objections. --I. Watts.

Meaning of wards from wikipedia

- a school bus manufacturer, now IC Bus Ward's, a publisher of Ward's AutoWorld and Ward's Dealer Business Wards Brewing Company, a former English brewery...
- Special wards (特別区, tokubetsu-ku) are a special form of muni****lities in ****an under the 1947 Local Autonomy Law. They are city-level wards: primary subdivisions...
- substantially. As of 2021 there are 8,694 electoral wards/divisions in the UK. An average area of wards or electoral divisions in the United Kingdom is 28...
- wards of Tokyo Metropolis have a muni****l status, and are not the same as other entities referred to as ku, although their predecessors were. Wards are...
- States, wards are an electoral district, within a district or muni****lity, used in local government elections. In the United States, wards are usually...
- just the council wards. For the latest available wards see: Highland Council Wards in 2017 For lists of wards see: Highland Council wards 1995 to 1999 Highland...
- in the wards of Newark, New Jersey or the six wards of Houston. In Wisconsin, a 'ward' is what in most other states would be a precinct. Ward (electoral...
- Children recognized as wards of the state are eligible for adoption, and continue to be wards until they are. Legal status of wards of the state in France...
- Wards 10 Best Engines is an annual list of the ten "best" automobile engines available in the U.S. market, that are selected by Wards AutoWorld magazine...
- publications including, Ward's AutoWorld, and Ward's Dealer Business. Ward's also publish the annual list of Ward's 10 Best Engines. Ward's was acquired by International...