defenced
defenced adjective: having defenses; defended. Also the simple past and past participle of defence.
Adjective
defenced (comparative more defenced, superlative most defenced)
- Having defenses; defended.
- But if any proper burning of the Sunne should be vnderstood, how isit, that it afflicteth the wicked more thế the good, whereas both of them dwell mingled together vppon the earth and the one of them is not more defenced frố the force of the heauenly bodies, then the other.1616, Thomas Brightman, The Reuelation of St Iohn, page 680
- Human invention
Could not instruct me to dispose her where
She could be more defenced from all men's eyes;
An anchorite lives not prisoned in a wall
With more security.1633, James Shirley, The Bird in a Cage
Also used as
defenced is also the simple past and past participle of defence.
Examples of defenced in a sentence
- Comparison of the condition to which the defenced city is to be reduced, to a wilderness.1854 July, “A Designation and Exposition of the Figures in Isaiah”, in The Theological and Literary Journal, volume 7, number 1, page 150:
- The reason why they are a defenced city during the time of their taking root, just like today, is because they are in their land, but not in their land undere the blessing of the old covenant.2010, Clair L. Hassell, Jonathan C. Hassell, Will the Red Sea Part Again, page 92:
Forms of defenced
| comparative | more defenced |
|---|---|
| superlative | most defenced |
Words formed from defenced
Questions about defenced
- What does defenced mean?
- Defenced means having defenses; defended.
- How do you use defenced in a sentence?
- Comparison of the condition to which the defenced city is to be reduced, to a wilderness.
- What part of speech is defenced?
- Defenced is an adjective.
Words near defenced in the dictionary
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