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con⋅serv⋅a⋅ble

  [kuhn-sur-vuh-buhl]
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–adjective
capable of being conserved: conservable fruits.
Origin:
1615–25; < LL conservābilis. See conserve, -able
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con·serve   (kən-sûrv')   
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.

  2. To keep (a quantity) constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary changes.

  3. 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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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