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† deˈfensative, a. and n. Obs.
Also -itive.
[f. L. type *dēfensātīv-us (prob. used in 15–16th c. Latin), f. dēfensāt-, ppl. stem of dēfensāre to ward off, defend, freq. of dēfendĕre to defend: see -ive.]
A. adj.
1. Having the property of defending; defensive, protective.
1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 19 As with a defensative band about it. 1615Markham Eng. Housew. ii. i. (1668) 41 Lay it within the defensitive plaister before rehearsed. 1668Howe Bless. Righteous (1825) 240 The efficacy and defensative power of moral goodness.
b. = defensible 1 b.
1591F. Sparry Geomancie 85 The Citie..is not defensatiue and [is] ill maintayned by men of force.
2. Made in defence or vindication of something.
a1703Burkitt On N.T. Mark ii. 22 Observe the defensative plea which our blessed Saviour makes.
B. n. = defensive n. 1. (Very common in 17th c.)
1576Baker Jewell of Health 7 b, Defensatives..for expelling the Plague. 1583H. Howarde (title), A Defensatiue against the Poyson of supposed Prophecies. 1612Woodall Surg. Mate Wks. (1653) 28 A good defensative against all venemous humours. 1658Sir T. Browne Gard. Cyrus iii. 126 Houseleek, which old superstition set on the tops of houses, as a defensative against lightening. a1711Ken Serm. Wks. (1838) 160 Abstinence, the best defensitive a Christian can have. 1758J. S. Le Dran's Observ. Surg. (1771) 94 A Defensitive composed of Bole Armenia[c], The White of an Egg, and Vinegar. 1783Ainsworth Lat. Dict. (Morell) i, A defensative against poison. |