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defensative

defensative adjective: serving to protect or defend; defensive.

Adjective

defensative (comparative more defensative, superlative most defensative)

  1. (archaic) Serving to protect or defend; defensive

Forms of defensative

comparativemore defensative
superlativemost defensative

Origin of defensative

From Latin defensare, defensatum (“to defend diligently”), intensive of defendere. See defend.

Questions about defensative

What does defensative mean?
Defensative means serving to protect or defend; defensive.
What part of speech is defensative?
Defensative is an adjective.

Words near defensative in the dictionary

  1. defenestrating
  2. defenestration
  3. defenestrations
  4. defenestrator
  5. defenestrators
  6. defensative
  7. defensatives
  8. defense
  9. defense attorney
  10. defense attorneys
  11. defense in abatement

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