01 a. Having the power or quality of preserving; tending to preserve, or to keep from injury, decay, etc.
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Having the power or quality of preserving; tending to preserve, or to keep from injury, decay, etc.
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Webster, 1913
Preservative
02 n. That which preserves, or has the power of preserving; a presevative agent.
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That which preserves, or has the power of preserving; a presevative agent.“To wear tablets as preservatives against the plague.” — Bacon.