PROTECTIVE
\pɹətˈɛktɪv], \pɹətˈɛktɪv], \p_ɹ_ə_t_ˈɛ_k_t_ɪ_v]\
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Serving to keep safe; defensive; serving to foster home industries; as, a protective tariff.
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Protectively.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Affording or suitable for protection; sheltering.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland