Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Tending to defend; defensive.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Tending to defend; defensive.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective archaic Tending to
defend ;defensive .
Etymologies
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Latin defensorius.
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Examples
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The arguments of the defensory were heard and denied one after another.
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