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Definition of Preserves

1. Noun. Fruit preserved by cooking with sugar.

Definition of Preserves

1. Noun. (plural of preserve) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of ''preserve'') ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Preserves

1. preserve [v] - See also: preserve

Lexicographical Neighbors of Preserves

Literary usage of Preserves

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Our Vanishing Wild Life: Its Extermination and Preservation by William Temple Hornaday (1913)
"The majority of the states of our Union know of state game preserves only ... Let the statesmen of America be not afraid of making too many game preserves! ..."

2. The Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians by John Gardner Wilkinson (1878)
"It was the duty of the huntsmen, or the gamekeepers they employed, to superintend the preserves ; and at proper periods of the year, when the young animals ..."

3. Readings in European History: A Collection of Extracts from the Sources by James Harvey Robinson (1906)
"... wretched peasants who presumed to kill them in order to save that food which was to support their helpless children. ', . : preserves in The game in the ..."

4. The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire by Edward Gibbon (1881)
"In return for this imaginary concession, Augustus obtained an The former important privilege, which rendered him master of Rome preserves hi« f " , command ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... three centuries later than 'Beowulf,' it preserves the technique and the vigor of the older alliterative poetry- The manuscript is no longer extant, ..."

6. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"It preserves many personal anecdotes from original sources not to be found elsewhere, as, for instance, ..."

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