defensative

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adjective

Serving to protect or defend; defensive

OriginLatin defensare →
Scrabble 18
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Meanings

adjectivedefensative (comparative more defensative, superlative most defensative)

comparative more defensative · superlative most defensative

  1. archaicServing to protect or defend; defensive

Origin

  1. Latindefensare
  2. Englishdefensative

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

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APA

defensative. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/defensative

MLA

“defensative.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/defensative. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “defensative,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/defensative.

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