Meaning of CONSERVE
| Pronunciation: | | [n]'kânsurv, [v]kun'surv, kun'surv
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- [n] fruit preserved by cooking with sugar
- [v] preserve with sugar; "Mom always conserved the strawberries we grew in the backyard"
- [v] use cautiously and frugally; "I try to economize my spare time"; "conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit"
- [v] 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"
- [v] keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change; "Energy is conserved in this process"
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| | Synonyms: | | conserves, economise, economize, husband, keep up, maintain, preserve, preserves |
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| | Antonyms: | | blow, squander, waste | | |
| | See Also: | | apple butter, chowchow, confiture, hold, hold the line, jam, jelly, keep, keep, keep, lemon cheese, lemon curd, maintain, marmalade, preserve, preserve, retrench, save | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Con*serve"\, 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.
\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.
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