preservative

Definitions

1. 1.Having the power or quality of preserving; tending to preserve, or to keep from injury, decay, etc.
2. 2.That which preserves, or has the power of preserving; a presevative agent. To wear tablets as preservatives against the plague. Bacon.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is having the power or quality of preserving; tending to preserve, or to keep from injury, decay, etc called?
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