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protective |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Protective \Pro*tect"ive\, a. [Cf. F. protectif.] Affording protection; sheltering; defensive. `` The favor of a protective Providence.'' --Feltham. {Protective coloring} (Zo["o]l.), coloring which serves for the concealment and preservation of a living organism. Cf {Mimicry}. --Wallace. {Protective tariff} (Polit. Econ.), a tariff designed to secure protection (see {Protection}, 4.), as distinguished from a tariff designed to raise revenue. See {Tariff}, and {Protection}, 4. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: protective adj 1: intended or adapted to afford protection of some kind "a protective covering"; "the use of protective masks and equipment"; "protective coatings"; "kept the drunken sailor in protective custody"; "animals with protective coloring"; "protective tariffs" [ant: {unprotective}] 2: showing a care "a caring mother" [syn: {caring}] 3: (usually followed by `of') solicitously caring or mindful; "protective of his reputation" [syn: {protective(p)}]
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