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conserves

[v. kuhn-surv; n. kon-surv, kuhn-surv]

Origin

verb (used with object)

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

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

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

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

noun

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

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Conserves is always a great word to know.

So is callithumpian. Does it mean:

a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.

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Origin:
1325–75; (v.) Middle English < Latin conservāre to save, preserve, equivalent to con- con- + servāre to watch over, guard (akin to servus slave, servīre to serve); (noun) Middle English < Middle French conserve, noun derivative of conserver < Latin, as above

Related forms

con·serv·er, noun

non·con·serv·ing, adjective, noun

self-con·serv·ing, adjective

un·con·served, adjective

un·con·serv·ing, adjective

EXPAND

well-con·served, adjective

COLLAPSE

Synonyms
2. husband, safeguard.

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