Preserve
[prɪ'zɜːv] or [prɪ'zɝv]
Definition
(noun.) a reservation where animals are protected.
(noun.) a domain that seems to be specially reserved for someone; 'medicine is no longer a male preserve'.
(verb.) prevent (food) from rotting; 'preserved meats'; 'keep potatoes fresh'.
(verb.) keep undisturbed for personal or private use for hunting, shooting, or fishing; 'preserve the forest and the lakes'.
Typist: Tito--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To keep or save from injury or destruction; to guard or defend from evil, harm, danger, etc.; to protect.
(v. t.) To save from decay by the use of some preservative substance, as sugar, salt, etc.; to season and prepare for remaining in a good state, as fruits, meat, etc.; as, to preserve peaches or grapes.
(v. t.) To maintain throughout; to keep intact; as, to preserve appearances; to preserve silence.
(v. i.) To make preserves.
(v. i.) To protect game for purposes of sport.
(n.) That which is preserved; fruit, etc., seasoned and kept by suitable preparation; esp., fruit cooked with sugar; -- commonly in the plural.
(n.) A place in which game, fish, etc., are preserved for purposes of sport, or for food.
Checked by Jerome
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Keep, guard, protect, defend, secure, shield, uphold, sustain, maintain, spare, save, watch over.[2]. Conserve, keep sound, save from decay.
n. [1]. Sweetmeat, confection, comfit, conserve, JAM.[2]. Enclosure (for game).
Checker: Wade
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Defend, guard, save, keep_safe, uphold, protect, maintain, rescue, spare,[SeePROTECT]
Typist: Willard
Definition
v.t. to keep safe from harm or injury: to defend: to keep in a sound state: to season for preservation: to make lasting: to keep up as appearances.—n. that which is preserved as fruit &c.: that which preserves: a place for the protection of animals as game: (pl.) spectacles to protect the eyes from strong light &c.—n. Prēservabil′ity.—adj. Prēser′vable.—n. Prēservā′tion act of preserving or keeping safe: state of being preserved: safety.—adjs. Prēser′vative Prēser′vatory tending to preserve: having the quality of preserving.—n. that which preserves: a preventive of injury or decay.—n. Prēserv′er.
Typist: Pansy
Examples
- In all the incidents of life we ought still to preserve our scepticism. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- These experiments and these testimonies prove conclusively that this compound will preserve cream. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Preserve a certain order; do not attempt to jump from the ground to the gable, but rise gradually from what is simple and easily understood. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- To obey the civil magistrate is requisite to preserve order and concord in society. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Perhaps, however, if it were buried in quicksilver, it might preserve, for a considerable space of time, its vegetable life, its smell, and colour. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Thus they were willing to commit a sin against the spirit of religious law, in order that they might preserve the letter of it. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Catastrophes are disastrous to radical and conservative alike: they do not preserve what was worth maintaining; they allow a deformed and often monstrous perversion of the original plan. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- No organism wholly soft can be preserved. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The line between the two colours preserved no sort of regularity. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- If such gradations were not all fully preserved, transitional varieties would merely appear as so many new, though closely allied species. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- She still preserved her proud manner, but there was a touch of softness in her voice, as she answered: 'I justify nothing. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Then, do you see any way in which the philosopher can be preserved in his calling to the end? Plato. The Republic.
- This was a wonderful discovery, and was preserved as a trade secret for a long time. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- There were many mute Marco Polos who never met their Rusticianos, and history has not preserved their names. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Until Edison made his wonderful invention in 1877, the human race was entirely without means for preserving or passing on to posterity its own linguistic utterances or any other vocal sound. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- We use the crab-apple for preserving even now, although man’s ingenuity has succeeded in inducing nature to give us many better tasting kinds. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- These are some of the same lot; they were made as follows: The meat was chopped, put into the preserving fluid for one night, and then mixed with the other material in the ordinary way. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- From the outset, an innate recognition of system dictated the desirability and wisdom of preserving records of his experiments and inventions. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Now, if this flesh were cut up in small pieces, and put into the preserving liquid for a night, it would, even in that hot climate, keep good for some time. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Preserve her--for her own sake I know that you will--if you require any other spur, think that, in preserving her, you preserve me. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- With regard to preserving morbid specimens he thought it would answer perfectly well. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- A powerful business corporation still preserves its industrial tradition. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- You need not be afraid of unwholesome preserves here. Jane Austen. Emma.
- By this indulgence of the fancy in its inconstancy, the tie of child and parent still preserves its full force and influence. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Our geographical isolation preserves us from any vivid sense of national contrast: our imaginations are not stirred by different civilizations. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- It soon became known that Adrian took great delight in his park and preserves. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He sent over preserves and pickles, which latter the young gentleman tried surreptitiously in the sideboard and half-killed himself with eating. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- We all know that leather is the skins of animals, dressed and prepared for our use by tanning, or some other process, which preserves them from rotting and renders them pliable and tough. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Checker: Marge