Part 2853

<h1>Defectible</h1> <Xpage=381>

<hw>De*fect"i*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Liable to defect; imperfect.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> "A <i>defectible</i> understanding."

<i>Jer. Taylor.</i>

<h1>Defection</h1> <Xpage=381>

<hw>De*fec"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>defectio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>d\'82fection</ets>. See <er>Defect</er>.]</ety> <def>Act of abandoning a person or cause to which one is bound by allegiance or duty, or to which one has attached himself; desertion; failure in duty; a falling away; apostasy; backsliding.</def> "<i>Defection</i> and falling away from God."

<i>Sir W. Raleigh.</i>

<blockquote>The general <b>defection</b> of the whole realm. <i>Sir J. Davies.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Defectionist</h1> <Xpage=381>

<hw>De*fec"tion*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who advocates or encourages defection.</def>

<h1>Defectious</h1> <Xpage=381>

<hw>De*fec"tious</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having defects; imperfect.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Some one <i>defectious</i> piece."

<i>Sir P. Sidney.</i>

<h1>Defective</h1> <Xpage=381>

<hw>De*fect"ive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>defectivus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>d\'82fectif</ets>. See <er>Defect</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Wanting in something; incomplete; lacking a part; deficient; imperfect; faulty; -- applied either to natural or moral qualities; <as>as, a <ex>defective</ex> limb; <ex>defective</ex> timber; a <ex>defective</ex> copy or account; a <ex>defective</ex> character; <ex>defective</ex> rules.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>Lacking some of the usual forms of declension or conjugation; <as>as, a <ex>defective</ex> noun or verb</as>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>De*fect"ive*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>De*fect"ive*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Defectuosity</h1> <Xpage=381>

<hw>De*fec`tu*os"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>d\'82fectuosit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>Great imperfection.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>W. Montagu.</i>

<h1>Defectuous</h1> <Xpage=381>

<hw>De*fec"tu*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>d\'82fectueux</ets>.]</ety> <def>Full of defects; imperfect.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Barrow.</i>

<h1>Defedation</h1> <Xpage=381>

<hw>Def`e*da"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>defoedare</ets>, <ets>defoedatum</ets>, to defile; <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>foedare</ets> to foul, <ets>foedus</ets> foul.]</ety> <def>The act of making foul; pollution.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Defence</h1> <Xpage=381>

<hw>De*fence"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. & v. t.</tt> <def>See <er>Defense</er>.</def>

<h1>Defend</h1> <Xpage=381>

<hw>De*fend"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Defended</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Defending</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>d\'82fendre</ets>, L. <ets>defendere</ets>; <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>fendere</ets> (only in comp.) to strike; perh. akin to Gr. <?/ to strike, and E. <ets>dint</ets>. Cf. <er>Dint</er>, <er>Defense</er>, <er>Fend</er>.]</ety>