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3 definitions found 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 1.6 [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 [syn: {husband}, {economize}, {economise}] [ant: {waste}]
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