parry \PAR-ee\, verb, noun:
1. to ward off; turn aside (as a thrust or weapon)
2. the act of warding off
I am not saying the whole group's survival is at stake. But we have to act today if we are to parry the harder onslaught of our competitors tomorrow.
-- Bernd Pischetsrieder
by 1639, from French parez (which commonly would have been heard in fencing lessons), from parer "ward off," from Italian parare "to ward or defend a blow," from Latin parare "make ready, prepare." Non-fencing use is from 1717.
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