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▪ I. † conˈservant, n. Obs. rare—1.
[f. con- + servant; cf. L. conservus.]
Fellow-servant.
1447O. Bokenham Seyntys (Roxb.) 55 Conservaunth not servaunth I wyl thou me cal.
▪ II. † conˈservant, a. Obs.
[ad. L. conservānt-em, pr. pple. of conservāre to conserve: see -ant.]
That conserves, preserving, as in conservant cause (med.L. causa conservans).
1588Fraunce Lawiers Log. i. iii. 18 b, The procreant and conservant cause. 1615Curry-C. for Coxe-C. iv. 202 Amongst Efficients, some permanent, some transient..some conseruant. a1641Bp. R. Montagu Acts & Mon. (1642) 117 The King..originant to them, conservant of them. 1679T. Puller Moder. Ch. Eng. xvii. (1843) 303 The Papacy was either the procreant or conservant cause, or both procreant and conservant of all the greater ecclesiastical controversies in the Christian world. |