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单词 conservant
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conservantn.

Forms: late Middle English conseruaunt, late Middle English conseruaunth.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: con- prefix, servant n.
Etymology: < con- prefix + servant n. Compare classical Latin cōnservus fellow slave. Compare also Middle French conservant (a1460).
Obsolete. rare.
A fellow servant.
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society > authority > subjection > service > servant > [noun] > fellow-servant
conservanta1425
a1425 (a1400) Northern Pauline Epist. (1916) Coloss. i. 7 (MED) Oure alþerderest conseruaunt [L. conservo], þe whiche is a trewe mynystre of iesu crist for ȝou.
1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) l. 1903 (MED) Conseruaunth, not seruaunth, I wyl þu me cal; For of o lorde aboue bothe we seruauntes be.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

conservantadj.

Brit. /kənˈsəːv(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˌkənˈsərvənt/
Forms: 1500s–1600s conseruant, 1500s– conservant.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin cōnservant-, cōnservāns, cōnservāre.
Etymology: < classical Latin cōnservant-, cōnservāns, present participle of cōnservāre conserve v.In conservant cause after post-classical Latin causa conservans (a1274; a1350 in a British source).
Now rare.
That conserves; conserving, preserving; esp. in conservant cause. Frequently with of.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > [noun] > types of cause
efficient cause1393
conjunct causec1400
final causec1400
meritorious cause1526
matter1570
deficient cause1581
effectrix1583
formal cause1586
material cause1586
final cause1587
conservant cause1588
efficient1593
effective1610
defective cause1624
proximate cause1641
the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > [adjective] > preserving in being or maintaining > specific institutions or conditions
conserving1584
conservant1588
conservating1663
1588 A. Fraunce Lawiers Logike i. iii. f. 18v The procreant and conservant cause.
1615 E. Hoby Curry-combe iv. 202 Amongst Efficients, some permanent, some transient..some conseruant.
a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 117 The King..originant to them, conservant of them.
1679 T. Puller Moderation Church of Eng. xvii. 493 The Papacy..was either the Procreant or Conservant Cause, or both Procreant and Conservant of all the Ecclesiastical Controversies in the Christian World.
1706 R. Brocklesby Explic. Gospel-theism 139 Both our Eye-sight and the Law of Nature teacheth us, that God is..a Cause efficient and conservant of the Universe.
1847 H. E. Napier Florentine Hist. III. ii. 306 The vague declaration of its [sc. the hostile union's] being solely defensive and conservant of Italian tranquillity.
1936 T. Dreier Power of Print 90 The Company has always endeavored to be—Considerate in human relations..Ethical in practices..Conservant of resources.
1981 B. J. Luckens (M.S. thesis, Univ. of Tennessee) (title) Energy, land use planning, and the development of energy conservant communities.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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