defect



defect from something

to run away from something; to forsake something. Thousands of soldiers defected from the army. Roger would never think of defecting from the armed services.
See also: defect

defect to something

to forsake one group and take up with another. Will he defect to the other side? David defected to a small East European country.
See also: defect

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Erikae-REE-kah (Swedish, Norwegian), E-ree-kah (Finnish, German), ER-i-kə (English)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Czech, Slovene, Croatian, English, Italian
Joseph['dʒəuzif]
Rouben-Biblical Greek, Armenian
Even-Norwegian
Antoninus-Ancient Roman
EthelynETH-ə-linEnglish