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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
con·serve
[v. kuh
n-surv; n. kon-surv, kuh
n-surv] Pronunciation Key verb, -served, -serv·ing, noun
[v. kuh
n-surv; n. kon-surv, kuh
n-surv] Pronunciation Key verb, -served, -serv·ing, noun –verb (used with object)
–noun
| 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. |
| 5. | Often, conserves. a mixture of several fruits cooked to jamlike consistency with sugar and often garnished with nuts and raisins. |
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| con·serve
(kən-sûrv') Pronunciation Key
v. con·served, con·serv·ing, con·serves v. tr.
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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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
conserve
conserve
c.1380, from O.Fr. conserver, from L. conservare "to keep, preserve," from com- intens. prefix + servare "keep watch, maintain" (see observe). Conservation and conservationist in the environmentalism sense are from 1922.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| conserve | |
noun | |
| 1. | fruit preserved by cooking with sugar |
verb | |
| 1. | keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change; "Energy is conserved in this process" |
| 2. | 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" |
| 3. | use cautiously and frugally; "I try to economize my spare time"; "conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit" [ant: blow] |
| 4. | preserve with sugar; "Mom always conserved the strawberries we grew in the backyard" |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Conserve
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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.
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