| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Tending to defend; defensive; as, defensory preparations.[Websters]
2. Being justificatory. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb defensorily.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (defensorily) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective defensory.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "DEFENSORY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Etymology:Defensory \De*fen"so*ry\, adjective. [Latin expression defensorius.]. (references) |
