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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. fruit preserved by cooking with sugar;
[syn: conserve, preserve, conserves, preserves]


VERB (4)

1. keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change;
- Example: "Energy is conserved in this process"

2. keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction;
- Example: "We preserve these archeological findings"
- Example: "The old lady could not keep up the building"
- Example: "children must be taught to conserve our national heritage"
- Example: "The museum curator conserved the ancient manuscripts"
[syn: conserve, preserve, maintain, keep up]

3. use cautiously and frugally;
- Example: "I try to economize my spare time"
- Example: "conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit"
[syn: conserve, husband, economize, economise]

4. preserve with sugar;
- Example: "Mom always conserved the strawberries we grew in the backyard"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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            The amity which . . . they meant to conserve and
            maintain with the emperor.            --Strype.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To prepare with sugar, etc., for the purpose of
      preservation, as fruits, etc.; to make a conserve of.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Conserve \Con"serve\, n. [F. conserve, fr. conserver.]
   1. Anything which is conserved; especially, a sweetmeat
      prepared with sugar; a confection.
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            I shall . . . study broths, plasters, and conserves,
            till from a fine lady I become a notable woman.
                                                  --Tatler.
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   2. (Med.) A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered
      vegetable substances mixed with finely powdered refined
      sugar. See Confection.
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   3. A conservatory. [Obs.] --Evelyn.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

conserve
    n 1: fruit preserved by cooking with sugar [syn: conserve,
         preserve, conserves, preserves]
    v 1: keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or
         evolutionary change; "Energy is conserved in this process"
    2: keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or
       destruction; "We preserve these archeological findings"; "The
       old lady could not keep up the building"; "children must be
       taught to conserve our national heritage"; "The museum
       curator conserved the ancient manuscripts" [syn: conserve,
       preserve, maintain, keep up]
    3: use cautiously and frugally; "I try to economize my spare
       time"; "conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit"
       [syn: conserve, husband, economize, economise] [ant:
       blow, squander, waste]
    4: preserve with sugar; "Mom always conserved the strawberries
       we grew in the backyard"