a. and sb. [After F. coadjuvant (and prob. med.L. coadjuvant-em), f. assumed L. *coadjuvāre: see COADJUTOR.]

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  A.  adj. Assisting, helpful. ? Obs.

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a. 1625.  Boys, Wks. (1629), 223. They must be coadiuuant one to another.

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  B.  sb. Med. An ingredient that assists the operation of the main medicinal agent.

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1864.  in Webster.

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  So Coadjuvate v. = COADJUTE; Coadjuvation.

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1601.  Bp. W. Barlow, Defence, 217. That faith onely iustifieth, no workes coadiuuating.

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1656.  Blount, Glossogr., Coadiuvate, to help or assist together.

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1875.  H. J. Coleridge, Preaching of Beatitudes, 254. These fruits he [Sir Bernadine] calls … ‘coadjuvation’ or active assistance.

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