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defensive

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Webster's English Dictionary

defensive

a. [Cf. F. dfensif.]1. Serving to defend or protect; proper for defense; opposed to offensive; as, defensive armor. ()

A moat defensive to a house. (Shak.)

2. Carried on by resisting attack or aggression; -- opposed to offensive; as, defensive war. ()

3. In a state or posture of defense. (Milton.)

n. That which defends; a safeguard. ()

Wars preventive, upon just fears, are true defensives. (Bacon.)

To be on the defensive, To stand on the defensive, to be or stand in a state or posture of defense or resistance, in opposition to aggression or attack. ()