Pre‐serv″a‐tive, n. That which preserves, or has the power of preserving; a presevative agent.
To wear tablets as preservatives against the plague. Bacon.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.