conserve
Etymology
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Etymology
From Middle English conserven, from Old French conserver, from Latin conservare, from com- (intensive prefix) + servo ("keep watch, maintain").
Pronunciation- Noun
- Verb
conserve (plural conserves)
- Wilderness where human development is prohibited.
- A jam or thick syrup made from fruit.
- Error: invalid time (Gregorian calendar), Isaac Bickerstaff [et al., pseudonyms; Richard Steele et al.], “Error: invalid time, August 11, 1709”, in The Tatler, number 53; republished in [Richard Steele], editor, The Tatler, […], London stereotype edition, volume I, London: I. Walker and Co.; […], 1822, →OCLC ↗:
- I shall […] study broths, plasters, and conserves, till from a fine lady I become a notable woman.
- The spelling has been modernized.
- (obsolete) A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered vegetable substances mixed with finely powdered refined sugar.
- (obsolete) A conservatory.
- c. 1700, John Evelyn, Elysium Britannicum:
- water […] alwayes placed in the Conserve
- Portuguese: reserva
- Spanish: parque nacional
conserve (conserves, present participle conserving; simple past and past participle conserved)
- (transitive) To save for later use, sometimes by the use of a preservative.
- to conserve fruits with sugar
- 1721, John Strype, Ecclesiastical Memorials; Relating Chiefly to Religion, and the Reformation of It, and the Emergencies of the Church of England, under King Henry VIII. King Edward VI. and Queen Mary the First. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: John Wyat, →OCLC ↗:
- the amity which […] they meant to conserve and maintain with the emperor
- (transitive) To protect an environment, heritage, etc.
- (physics, chemistry, intransitive) To remain unchanged during a process
- Italian: conservare
- Portuguese: conservar
- Russian: сохраня́ть
- Spanish: reservar, conservar
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