What is promotive of abstemiousness. [R.] Such is the virtue of the abstemious well. Dryden called?
abstemious — Promotive of abstemiousness. [R.] Such is the virtue of the abstemious well. Dryden. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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