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praeservativus

praeservativus [ML < LL praeservatus p. ppl. of praeservare+-ivus] , that preserves or keeps safe (from), preservative, protective. b (as sb. n.) medicine that preserves health or protects from disease or illness, a preservative (also fig.). 1239 ut per medecinam ~am ab egritudine ‥ [medicus] sanitatem reddat stabiliorem Gros. Ep. 127 p. 426; perseverancia finalis est ~a a peccato mortali et conservativa finaliter aliorum munerum divinorum Bradw. CD 521 (recte 512) B; 1511 pro medicina ~a contra pestem pro salute fratrum Cant. Coll. Ox. II 255.  b debent ~a a lepra dari et eam occultancia Gad. 47. 1; s1440 tu baculus fuisti senibus, tu virga juvenibus, tu vinum egris et oleum, tu antidotum sanis et ~um Amund. II 238; ~a sunt medicamenta vitam a suis inimicis et corruptionibus defendentia LC 259.

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