† insuˈrrective, a. Obs. rare.
[f. L. insurrect-, ppl. stem of insurgĕre (see insurge) + -ive.]
Prone to insurrection; of insurgent character.
| 1593 Nashe Christ's T. (1613) 28 They are no winds but insurrectiue sins, which so possesse the waues with the spyrite of raging. Ibid. 155 Thys didst thou to mortifie thy insurrectiue masse of corruption. |