English-Thai Dictionary

defensible

ADJ ซึ่ง สามารถ ป้องกัน ไว้ ได้  ซึ่ง สามารถ ต้านทาน ได้  sueng-sa-mad-pong-kan-wai-dai

 

defensibleness

N การป้องกัน การ รุกราน ได้  ความสามารถ แก้คดี ได้  kan-pong-kan-kan-rook-rarn-dai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DEFENSIBLE

a. 1. That may be defended; as a defensible city.
2. That may be vindicated, maintained or justified; as a defensible cause.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DEFENSIBLE

De *fen "si *ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. défensable, LL. defensabilis,defensibilis. See Defense, and cf. Defendable. ]

 

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

 

2. Capable of offering defense. [Obs. ] Shak.

 

DEFENSIBLENESS

DEFENSIBLENESS De *fen "si *ble *ness, n.

 

Defn: Capability of being defended; defensibility. Priestley.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

defensible

de fen si ble |diˈfensəbəl dəˈfɛnsəbəl | ▶adjective 1 justifiable by argument: a morally defensible penal system. 2 able to be protected: a fort with a defensible yard at its feet. DERIVATIVES de fen si bil i ty |diˌfensəˈbilitē |noun, de fen si bly |-blē |adverb ORIGIN Middle English (used of a weapon, a fortified place, etc. , in the sense ‘capable of giving protective defense ’): from late Latin defensibilis, from Latin defendere (see defend ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

defensible

de ¦fens |ible |dɪˈfɛnsɪb (ə )l | ▶adjective 1 justifiable by argument: a morally defensible penal system. 2 able to be protected: a fort with a defensible yard at its feet. DERIVATIVES defensibility |-ˈbɪlɪti |noun, defensibly adverb ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘capable of giving protective defence ’): from late Latin defensibilis, from Latin defendere (see defend ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

defensible

defensible adjective 1 a defensible attitude: justifiable, arguable, tenable, defendable, supportable; plausible, sound, sensible, reasonable, rational, logical; acceptable, valid, legitimate; excusable, pardonable, understandable. ANTONYMS untenable. 2 a defensible territory: secure, safe, fortified; invulnerable, impregnable, impenetrable, unassailable. ANTONYMS vulnerable.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

defensible

defensible adjective 1 this is a perfectly defensible attitude: justifiable, arguable, tenable, defendable, maintainable, sustainable, supportable, plausible, well founded, sound, sensible, reasonable, rational, logical, able to hold water; acceptable, satisfactory, valid, legitimate, warrantable, permissible, excusable, pardonable, understandable, condonable, vindicable. ANTONYMS indefensible, untenable. 2 a defensible patch of territory: secure, safe, fortified, protectable, able to be protected, holdable; invulnerable, impregnable, impenetrable, unattackable, unassailable. ANTONYMS vulnerable.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

defensible

de fen si ble /dɪfénsəb (ə )l /形容詞 1 弁護 [擁護 ]できる .2 (攻撃から )防御できる .de f é n si bly 副詞