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con·serve       [v. kuhn-surv; n. kon-surv, kuhn-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]

—Related forms
con·serv·er, noun

—Synonyms 2. husband, safeguard.
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con·serve       (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.
  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.
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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
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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" 

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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.

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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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