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defiatory

UK/dɪˈfaɪ(j)ətɹi/US/dəˈfaɪətɔɹi/

defiatory adjective: bidding or manifesting defiance.

Adjective

defiatory (comparative more defiatory, superlative most defiatory)

  1. (obsolete) Bidding or manifesting defiance.
    • The first, of speaking great things and blasphemies, is verified in the letters defiatorie of Achmeth to Sigismund the third, king of Poland, in the yeare 1612.(Can we date this quote?), Robert Shelford, Five pious and learned discourses

Forms of defiatory

comparativemore defiatory
superlativemost defiatory

Origin of defiatory

See defy.

Questions about defiatory

What does defiatory mean?
Defiatory means bidding or manifesting defiance.
What part of speech is defiatory?
Defiatory is an adjective.
How do you pronounce defiatory?
Defiatory is pronounced /dɪˈfaɪ(j)ətɹi/ (UK).

Words near defiatory in the dictionary

  1. defiances
  2. defiant
  3. defiantly
  4. defiantness
  5. defiants
  6. defiatory
  7. defib
  8. defibbed
  9. defibbing
  10. defiber
  11. defibered

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