protect (v.)

• abet
• advocate
• aid
• arm
• armor
• assist
• avail
• befriend
• benefit
• bless
• bulwark
• champion
• cloak
• comfort
• conserve
• copyright
• cover
• cushion
• defend
• doctor
• ease
• ensure
• favor
• fence
• fend
• flank
• foster
• guarantee
• guard
• harbor
• help
• insure
• keep
• maintain
• mind
• nestle
• nurture
• patent
• police
• preserve
• rally
• reclaim
• redeem
• register
• relieve
• remedy
• rescue
• restore
• resuscitate
• revive
• safeguard
• save
• screen
• secure
• shelter
• shield
• shroud
• spare
• succor
• support
• sustain
• tend
• underwrite
• uphold