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Belonging to declension. Declensional and syntactical forms. M. Arnold.

That which serves to protect or defend.

To furnish with defenses; to fortify. [Obs.] [Written also defence.] Better manned and more strongly defensed. Hales.

g, or the state of being defended; protection, as from violence or danger. In cases of defense 't is best to weigh The enemy more mighty than he seems. Shak.

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

Defender. [Obs.] Foxe.

Capability of being defended.

Capable of being defended; as, a defensible city, or a defensible cause.

Capability of being defended; defensibility. Priestley.

Serving to defend or protect; proper for defense; opposed to offensive; as, defensive armor. A moat defensive to a house. Shak.

On the defensive.

A defender. Fabyan.

Tending to defend; defensive; as, defensory preparations.

State of being a denizen.

er; close; compact; thick; containing much matter in a small space; heavy; opaque; as, a dense crowd; a dense forest; a dense fog. All sorts of bodies, firm and fluid, dense and rare. Ray. To replace the cloudy barrier dense. Cowper.

In a dense, compact manner.

The quality of being dense; density.

An instrument for ascertaining the specific gravity or density of a substance.

The quality of being dense, close, or thick; compactness; -- opposed to rarity.

That may be caught or discovered; apprehensible. [Obs.] Petty. -- Dep`re*hen"si*ble*ness, n. [Obs.]