Hypertext Webster Gateway: "conserve"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
conserve
n : fruit preserved by cooking with sugar [syn: {preserve}, {conserves},
{preserves}]
v 1: to keep up and reserve for personal or special use: "save
something in case you hit trouble." [syn: {save}, {preserve}]
2: use cautiously and frugally; "I try to economize my spare
time" [syn: {husband}, {economize}, {economise}] [ant: {waste}]
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