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coadjuvant, a. and n.|kəʊˈædʒ(j)uːvənt|
[After F. coadjuvant (and prob. med.L. coadjuvant-em), f. assumed L. *coadjuvāre: see coadjutor.]
A. adj. Assisting, helpful. ? Obs.
a1625Boys Wks. (1629) 223 Coadjuuant one to another.
B. n. Med. An ingredient that assists the operation of the main medicinal agent.
1864in Webster.
So coadjuvate v. = coadjute; coadjuvation.
1601Bp. W. Barlow Defence 217 That faith onely iustifieth, no workes coadiuuating. 1656Blount Glossogr., Coadiuvate, to help or assist together. 1875H. J. Coleridge Preaching of Beatitudes 254 These fruits he [Sir Bernadine] calls..‘coadjuvation’ or active assistance. |