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Something consisting of ten parts. W. Watson.

Pertaining to ten; consisting of tens.

A poem consisting of ten lines.

Having, or consisting of, ten syllables.

In the modern Olympic Games, a composite contest consisting of a 100-meter run, a broad jump, putting the shot, a running high-jump, a 400-meter run, throwing the discus, a 100-meter hurdle race, pole vaulting, throwing the javelin, and a 1500-meter run.

A tithing consisting of ten neighboring families. Burrill.

Consisting of ten years; happening every ten years; as, a decennial period; decennial games. Hallam.

A book consisting of sheets, each of which is folded into sixteen leaves; hence, indicating, more or less definitely, a size of book; -- usually written 16mo or 16º.

Consisting of two rising and two falling clauses, placed in alternate opposition to each other; as, a decussated period.

To resist with success; as, to defeat an assault. Sharp reasons to defeat the law. Shak.

the right of the plaintiff in regard to (the suit, or the wrong charged); to oppose or resist, as a claim at law; to contest, as a suit. Burrill.

Destitute of defense; unprepared to resist attack; unable to oppose; unprotected. -- De*fense"less*ly, adv. -- De*fense"less*ness, n.

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

A state of opposition; willingness to flight; disposition to resist; contempt of opposition. He breathed defiance to my ears. Shak.

Pertaining to, savoring of, or consisting in, deism; as, a deistic writer; a deistical book. The deistical or antichristian scheme. I. Watts.

A poison which occasions a persistent delirium, or mental aberration (as belladonna).

ion; distinction. The speculative line of demarcation, where obedience ought to end and resistance must begin, is faint, obscure, and not easily definable. Burke.

Insanity; madness; esp. that form which consists in weakness or total loss of thought and reason; mental imbecility; idiocy.

A half bastion, or that part of a bastion consisting of one face and one flank.

A half-vill, consisting of five freemen or frankpledges. Blackstone.