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con·serve

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n-surv; n. kon-surv, kuh

n-surv] Pronunciation Key verb, -served, -serv·ing, noun

–verb (used with object)

1.	to prevent injury, decay, waste, or loss of: Conserve your strength for the race.

2.	to use or manage (natural resources) wisely; preserve; save: Conserve the woodlands.

3.	Physics, Chemistry. to hold (a property) constant during an interaction or process: the interaction conserved linear momentum.

4.	to preserve (fruit) by cooking with sugar or syrup.

–noun

5.	Often, conserves. a mixture of several fruits cooked to jamlike consistency with sugar and often garnished with nuts and raisins.

[Origin: 1325–75; (v.) ME < L conservāre to save, preserve, equiv. to con- con- + servāre to watch over, guard (akin to servus slave, servīre to serve); (n.) ME < MF conserve, n. deriv. of conserver < L, as above

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—Related forms

con·serv·er, noun

—Synonyms 2. husband, safeguard.

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con·serve Audio Help   (kən-sûrv') Pronunciation Key
v.   con·served, con·serv·ing, con·serves

v.   tr.

1. To protect from loss or harm; preserve: calls to conserve our national heritage in the face of bewildering change.
2. To use carefully or sparingly, avoiding waste: kept the thermostat lower to conserve energy.
To keep (a quantity) constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary changes.
To preserve (fruits) with sugar.

v. intr.
To economize: tried to conserve on fuel during the long winter.

n. (kŏn'sûrv')
A jam made of fruits stewed in sugar.

[Middle English conserven, from Old French conserver, from Latin cōnservāre : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + servāre, to preserve; see ser-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

con·serv'a·ble adj., con·serv'er n.

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Conserver

Con*serv"er\, n. One who conserves.

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