I . v. a.
Defend, support, vindicate, justify, countenance, uphold, maintain, favor, plead in favor of, stand up for, promote, propagate.
II . n.
1.
Counsellor, counsel, barrister, lawyer, attorney, solicitor, attorney-at-law, limb of the law.
2.
Defender, vindicator, supporter, upholder, maintainer, propagator, promoter, countenancer, favorer, apologist, friend, patron.
3.
Intercessor, comforter, paraclete, Holy Spirit, Spirit of Truth.
4.
[With The prefixed.] Christ.