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Webster 1913 Edition
Conserve
Con-serve′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Conserved
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Conserving
.] 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.
Con′serve
,Noun.
[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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Conserve
CONSERVE
,Verb.
T.
CONSERVE
, n.1.
A sweetmeat made of the inspissated juice of fruit, boiled with sugar.2.
In pharmacy, a form of medicine contrived to preserve the flowers, herbs, roots or fruits of simples, as nearly as possible, in their natural fresh state. Fresh vegetables and sugar of the consistence of honey.3.
A conservatory. [Not usual.]Definition 2024
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See also: conservé
English
Noun
conserve (plural conserves)
- Wilderness where human development is prohibited.
- A jam or thick syrup made from fruit.
- Tatler
- I shall […] study broths, plasters, and conserves, till from a fine lady I become a notable woman.
- Tatler
- (obsolete) A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered vegetable substances mixed with finely powdered refined sugar.
- (obsolete) A conservatory.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Evelyn to this entry?)
Translations
wilderness where human development is prohibited
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Verb
conserve (third-person singular simple present 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
- Strype
- the amity which […] they meant to conserve and maintain with the emperor
- (transitive) To protect an environment.
- (physics, chemistry, intransitive) To remain unchanged during a process
Derived terms
Translations
to save
to protect
Anagrams
French
Noun
conserve f (plural conserves)
Verb
conserve
- first-person singular present indicative of conserver
- third-person singular present indicative of conserver
- first-person singular present subjunctive of conserver
- third-person singular present subjunctive of conserver
- second-person singular imperative of conserver
Anagrams
Portuguese
Verb
conserve
- first-person singular present subjunctive of conservar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of conservar
- first-person singular imperative of conservar
- third-person singular imperative of conservar
Spanish
Verb
conserve
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of conservar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of conservar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of conservar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of conservar.