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Webster 1913 Edition

Defenseless

De-fense′less

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Adj.
Destitute of defense; unprepared to resist attack; unable to oppose; unprotected.
[Also spelled
defenceless
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De-fense′less-ly
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adv.
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De-fense′less-ness
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Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition

Defenseless

DEFENSELESS

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Adj.
Being without defense, or without means of repelling assault or injury; applied to a town, it denotes unfortified or ungarrisoned; open to an enemy; applied to a person, it denotes naked; unarmed; unprotected; unprepared to resist attack; weak; unable to oppose; uncovered; unsheltered.

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