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1
means or method of defending
- having no claim to the land under the aegis of the law, the cattle baron decided to claim it by force
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the financial support and general guidance for an undertaking
- a medical study that was questioned by many because it was done under the aegis of a major pharmaceutical company
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The first known use of aegis was in the 15th century
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