indefectivus

indefectivus [ML] 1 not subject to loss or decay, unfailing. angelis et hominibus lux ~a donatur Bede Hom. II 21. 230; gloriam accipientes ~am tecum sine fine vita aeterna permanere Egb. Pont. 128; 934 pro percipiendis semperque specie ~a fruendis CS 702; de presentis vite miseria ad ~e vite gloriam eternam J. Furness Walth. 90. 2 not defective. 1378 sub warrantia quod idem equus ~us fuit Rec. Leic. II 179 (cf. (v. defectivus 2b)).