defy,

Though tyrants may hate us, their threats we defy,

The Romance of the Civil War 1903

They came unto this Indian, who did them thus defy,

Camps and Firesides of the Revolution 1902

Thus thy silly youth, enraged, would soon my love defy,

Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age 1888

But thou, who Heaven's just vengeance dar'st defy,

The Poetical Works of Beattie, Blair, and Falconer With Lives, Critical Dissertations, and Explanatory Notes George Gilfillan 1845

But thou, who Heaven's just vengeance darest defy,

The Minstrel; or the Progress of Genius with some other poems James Beattie 1769

"Curséd, thrice accurséd, you who thus great Pélé do defy,

Bees in Amber A Little Book of Thoughtful Verse John Oxenham 1896