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单词 preservatory
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preservatoryadj.n.

Brit. /prᵻˈzəːvət(ə)ri/, U.S. /priˈzərvəˌtɔri/, /prəˈzərvəˌtɔri/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin praeservat- , praeservare , -ory suffix2.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin praeservat-, past participial stem of praeservare preserve v. + -ory suffix2, perhaps after conservatory adj.
rare.
A. adj.
Preservative; intended to preserve or protect.
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > [adjective]
preservativea1398
reservative1496
preserving1579
preservatory1649
protective1793
1649 Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions ii. iii. 128 The intentions, and indevours must be no other than preservatory.
1684 S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Pharmaceutice Rationalis: Second Pt. in Pract. Physick (rev. ed.) 75 In this Distemper, as in several others, there are three primary Indications or ways pointed out how to cure it; to wit, the Curatory, Preservatory, and Vital.
1727 R. Blackmore Diss. Dropsy 187 (heading) Of the Preservatory Method in the Stone, when the Paroxysms cease to prevent there Return.
1789 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. xi. 140 Any motive which..acts in the character of a restraining motive, may be styled a tutelary, conservatory, preservatory, or preserving motive.
1824 Resolution Senate S. Carolina 8 Dec. in Southern Q. Rev. (1845) Apr. 466 The Legislature of South-Carolina protests against any claims of right of the United States, to interfere..with the domestic regulations and preservatory measures in respect to that part of her property.
1847 Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Pa.) 9 Aug. 1/6 The modus operandi, adopted by the donor in the preservatory process, was as follows.
1906 Times 20 Feb. 11/5 (advt.) One of the Public Institutions in Paris (where the study of the causes of infant mortality and the practice of preservatory measures have been carried further than in this country).
1946 E. A. Armstrong Shakespeare's Imagination xiv. 135 The mind which evolved as an instrument of more effective preservatory and predatory activity becomes capable of surveying with philosophic calm all time and all existence.
2002 Ottawa Sun (Nexis) 6 Dec. 51 As workers began cutting the peat moss for fuel in European fireplaces, they discovered the bogs' astonishing preservatory powers in the process.
B. n.
1. A means of preserving or protecting; a substance or object that gives protection from disease or deterioration; a preservative. Now rare.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > prophylactic medicine > [noun]
preservativec1425
preservationc1475
prophylactic?1541
preserve1554
preservatory1654
preventive1666
preventative1699
phylactic1711
toxoid1900
the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > [noun] > preservation from decay, loss, or destruction > one who or that which preserves from decay, etc. > that which preserves from decay, loss, etc.
conservea1393
conservativea1398
preservative?a1439
conservator?1440
preservationc1475
preserve1554
conservatory1563
conservice1607
conservatorship1645
preservatory1654
balsam1658
amber1785
embalmer1838
1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 410 Such vain Preservatories of us, are our Inheritances, even once removed.
1665 G. Harvey Disc. Plague 13 Most people that carry those perfumed boxes about with them, imagine them sufficient preservatories, as if the Infection were only taken by inspiration through the Nostrils.
1684 S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Two Disc. conc. Soul of Brutes in Pract. Physick (rev. ed.) 155 Against this there can be no preventive method of healing, or preservatories instituted; and the Curatory method which is wont to be taken, proves very oft ineffectual.
1926 T. R. Pirtle Hist. Dairy Industry ii. 263 (advt.) They obtain..butter containing no detrimental preservatories.
2. A place in which people, things, etc., are protected or preserved. rare.
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [noun] > a place of refuge > for women or orphans
preservatory1758
house of mercy1767
refuge1974
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > gamekeeping > [noun] > enclosing beasts in park > enclosure
park1222
frithc1275
warren1377
chasea1440
game preserve1806
preserve1807
preservatory1823
game reserve1828
1758 J. Fielding (title) A plan for a preservatory and reformatory, for the benefit of deserted girls, and penitent prostitutes.
1823 I. D'Israeli Curiosities of Lit. 2nd Ser. II. 95 Atossa..had driven it [sc. her hunted prey] to a spot which she flattered herself would inclose it with the security of a preservatory.
2002 Sunday News (Lancaster, Pa.) (Nexis) 15 Dec. h1 History also reigns at the Heritage Museum of Lancaster County,..a free, public preservatory of Lancaster cultural history and the arts.
3. Chiefly U.S. A room for storing perishable foodstuffs at a low temperature; an apparatus for preserving perishable foodstuffs; (also) a factory for the preparation of preserved foodstuffs. Now chiefly historical.
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1853 O. S. Fowler Home for All 116 My ice-house consists of two stories—the upper one for ice, the lower, a room kept cool by the ice and its drippings, a preservatory for keeping fruit, butter, eggs, fresh meat, fish, bacon, pies, etc.
1879 Manufacturer & Builder Aug. 188/1 The danger [of typhoid infection] from ice taken from improper places is not only from that which is drunk, but from its use in refrigerators and preservatories.
1920 Lima (Ohio) Daily News 9 Feb. Prune polisher in Pittsburgh preservatory has narrow escape.
1938 L. Hogben Sci. for Citizen xviii. 856 In 1811 an English patent was taken out for Appert's process of preservation. The patent was purchased..by Messrs. Donkin, Hall and Gamble, who..erected an extensive preservatory at Bermondsey.
1953 Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Press 10 Aug. 3/2 The temperature is communicated to the preservatory by the ice acting through the thin floor of iron plates.
2001 Poughkeepsie (N.Y.) Jrnl. (Nexis) 29 July 1 c The basement alone had a kitchen, pantries, cistern, workmen's dining and sitting rooms, ice house, greenhouse, preservatory and store rooms for food and materials.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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