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indefective, a. ? Obs.|ɪndɪˈfɛktɪv|
[f. in-3 + defective: cf. med.L. indēfectīv-us (15th c. in Du Cange).]
Not defective; free from defect; faultless, flawless.
a1641Bp. R. Montagu Acts & Mon. (1642) 5 Charity indefective in this..life, and in the world to come everlasting life. 1659Pearson Creed (1839) 93 God is of himself infinitely glorious, because his perfections are absolute, his excellencies indefective. 1670South 12 Serm. (1698) III. 118 A Covenant promising Life upon Condition of absolute indefective obedience. 1708Falconar in Hearne Collect. 19 Sept. (O.H.S.) II. 131 Everlasting and indefective happines. 1717Croxall Ovid, Met. vi. (R.), Seven are my daughters, of a form divine, With seven fair sons, an indefective line. |