"defensative" meaning in All languages combined

See defensative on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: more defensative [comparative], most defensative [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin defensare, defensatum (“to defend diligently”), intensive of defendere. See defend. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|defensare}} Latin defensare Head templates: {{en-adj}} defensative (comparative more defensative, superlative most defensative)
  1. (archaic) Serving to protect or defend; defensive Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-defensative-en-adj-yerhMaLH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry

Inflected forms

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