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Meaning of "defensative" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DEFENSATIVE

dɪˈfensətɪv


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEFENSATIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Defensative is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DEFENSATIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of defensative in the English dictionary

The definition of defensative in the dictionary is a thing that offers protection or defence, in particular a dressing etc that safeguards against infection or injury.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DEFENSATIVE

administrative · adversative · alternative · compulsative · conversative · cooperative · decorative · dispensative · fixative · incrassative · initiative · intensative · intensitive · laxative · negative · pulsative · relative · relaxative · representative · taxative

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEFENSATIVE

defendant · defender · Defender of the Faith · defending · defending counsel · defenestrate · defenestration · defense · defenseless · defenselessly · defenselessness · defenseman · defensibility · defensible · defensibleness · defensibly · defensive · defensive medicine · defensively · defensiveness

WORDS THAT END LIKE DEFENSATIVE

active · comparative · conservative · creative · cumulative · derivative · illustrative · imperative · in the negative · indicative · informative · innovative · investigative · legislative · narrative · native · operative · qualitative · quantitative · sales representative · tentative

Synonyms and antonyms of defensative in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «defensative» into 25 languages

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The translations of defensative from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «defensative» in English.
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEFENSATIVE»

Discover the use of defensative in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to defensative and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Divine Original and the Supreme Dignity of Kings No ...
This book represents an authentic reproduction of the text as printed by the original publisher.
Augustine Frezer, 2011
2
The Works of John Owen
... but only by way of a defensative, to evince, that the rumours which have been spread by some, and entertained by others, too greedily about this matter, have been exceeding causeless and groundless ; so that though my second thoughts  ...
John Owen, 1826
3
The Anatomy of Melancholy:
... humour whatsoever, improves their meditations more then any strong drinke, or sacke.72 Henry Howard, the Earl of Northampton, who is the nobleman referred to, in fact argues against this proposition in A Defensative against the Poison of ...
Robert Burton, Thomas C. Faulkner, Nicholas K. Kiessling, 1989
4
King Henry VI: an annotated bibliography
Harlow, C.G. "A Source for Nashe's Terrors of the Night, and the Authorship of 1 Henry VI." Studies in English Literature, 5 (1965), 31-47. Henry Howard's A Defensative Against the Poison of Supposed Prophecies is the source of The Terrors.
Judith Hinchcliffe, 1984
5
An Elizabethan Journal
KELLWAY'S 'DEFENSATIVE AGAINST THE PLAGUE.' Mr. Simon Kellway hath written A Defensative against the Plague, containing two parts, the first how to preserve from the plague, the second how to cure those that are infected, with a ...
G.B. Harrison, 2013
6
Londinopolis, C.1500 - C.1750: Essays in the Cultural and ...
Kellwaye, A Defensative against the Plague (1593), fo. 38. On smallpox in London see Graunt, Observations, pp. 349, 352, 366; on its demographic significance and later decline see J. Landers, Death and the Metropolis ( Cambridge, 1993).
Mark S.R. Jenner, Paul Griffiths, 2000
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The Star-crossed Renaissance: The Quarrel about Astrology ...
The influence of the Defensative in England was undoubtedly less than that of Fulke's book, for Howard's unsavory political reputation and his well-known Catholic bias would militate against his tractate. The value of the Defensative rests on ...
Don Cameron Allen, 1966
8
The Sermons of John Owen
A. short. defensative. about. church. government,. toleration,. and. petitions. about . these. things. Reader, This, be it what it will, thou hast no cause to thank or blame111 me for. Had I been mine own, it had not been thine; my submission unto ...
John Owen
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A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the ...
DEFE.NDANT, de-«n'dant. s. He that defends against assailants : in law, the person accused or sued DEFENDER, d*-f£n'dnr. s. 93. One that dc- fcr-is, a champion ; an assertcr, a vindicator-: in lit**, an ndvocale. DEFENSATIVE, de-fen' sa-tiv. s.
John Walker, 1818
10
The Journal of English and Germanic Philology
And Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton, the author of A Defensative against Ihe poyson of supposed Prophecies (1583), was called by Malone "one of the basest men of the age in which he lived." He was arrested in 1572, again in 1582, and ...
REFERENCE
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