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defensative

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-fen-sative
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Serving to protect or defend; defensive

Archaic

Etymology

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

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Usage

Inflected Forms

more defensative (comparative) most defensative (superlative)

Questions

What does defensative mean?
Serving to protect or defend; defensive
Where does defensative come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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