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English Dictionary: conserve	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for conserve
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
conserve n fruit preserved by cooking with sugar [syn: conserve, preserve, conserves, preserves] v keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change; "Energy is conserved in this process" keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction; "We preserve these archeological findings"; "The old lady could not keep up the building"; "children must be taught to conserve our national heritage"; "The museum curator conserved the ancient manuscripts" Synonym(s): conserve, preserve, maintain, keep up use cautiously and frugally; "I try to economize my spare time"; "conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit" Synonym(s): conserve, husband, economize, economise Antonym(s): blow, squander, waste preserve with sugar; "Mom always conserved the strawberries we grew in the backyard"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Conserve \Conserve"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Conserved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Conserving}.] [F. conserver, L. conservare; con- + servare to keep, guard. See {Serve}.] 1. To keep in a safe or sound state; to save; to preserve; to protect. The amity which . . . they meant to conserve* and maintain with the emperor. --Strype. 2. To prepare with sugar, etc., for the purpose of preservation, as fruits, etc.; to make a conserve of.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Conserve \Con"serve\, n. [F. conserve, fr. conserver.] 1. Anything which is conserved; especially, a sweetmeat prepared with sugar; a confection. I shall . . . study broths, plasters, and conserves, till from a fine lady I become a notable woman. --Tatler. 2. (Med.) A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered vegetable substances mixed with finely powdered refined sugar. See {Confection}. 3. A conservatory. [Obs.] --Evelyn.