Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Championing"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Champion \Cham"pi*on\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Championed}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Championing}.] [Obs.] --Shak.
2. To furnish with a champion; to attend or defend as
champion; to support or maintain; to protect.
Championed or unchampioned, thou diest. --Sir W.
Scott.
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