conserve
Etymology

From Middle English conserven, from Old French conserver, from Latin conservare, from com- (intensive prefix) + servo ("keep watch, maintain").

Pronunciation
Noun
  • enPR: kŏn'sû(r)v, IPA: /ˈkɒnsɜː(ɹ)v/
Verb
  • enPR: kən-sû(r)v', IPA: /kənˈsɜː(ɹ)v/
Noun

conserve (plural conserves)

  1. Wilderness where human development is prohibited.
  2. 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.
  3. (obsolete) A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered vegetable substances mixed with finely powdered refined sugar.
  4. (obsolete) A conservatory.
    • c. 1700, John Evelyn, Elysium Britannicum:
      water […] alwayes placed in the Conserve
Translations
  • Portuguese: reserva
  • Spanish: parque nacional
Verb

conserve (conserves, present participle conserving; simple past and past participle conserved)

  1. (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
  2. (transitive) To protect an environment, heritage, etc.
  3. (physics, chemistry, intransitive) To remain unchanged during a process
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