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DEFENSATIVE

\dɪfˈɛnsətˌɪv], \dɪfˈɛnsətˌɪv], \d_ɪ_f_ˈɛ_n_s_ə_t_ˌɪ_v]\

Definitions of DEFENSATIVE

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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That which serves to protect or defend.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

That which serves to protect or defend.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Guard, defence; in surgery, a bandage, plaister, or the like.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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