(v) :
to renounce or dissolve all bonds of affiance, faith, or obligation with; to reject, refuse, or renounce; to
provoke to
combat or
strife; to
call out to
combat; to
challenge; to
dare; to
brave; to
set at
defiance; to treat with contempt; as, to defy an enemy; to defy the power of a magistrate; to defy the arguments of an opponent; to defy public opinion