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Definition of Conserve

1. Verb. Keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change. "Energy is conserved in this process"

2. Noun. Fruit preserved by cooking with sugar.

3. Verb. Keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction. "The museum curator conserved the ancient manuscripts"

4. Verb. Use cautiously and frugally. "Conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit"

5. Verb. Preserve with sugar. "Mom always conserved the strawberries we grew in the backyard"

Definition of Conserve

1. v. t. To keep in a safe or sound state; to save; to preserve; to protect.

2. n. Anything which is conserved; especially, a sweetmeat prepared with sugar; a confection.

Definition of Conserve

1. Noun. Wilderness where human development is prohibited. ¹

2. Noun. A jam or thick syrup made from fruit. ¹

3. Verb. To save for later use. ¹

4. Verb. To protect an environment. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Conserve

1. to protect from loss or depletion [v -SERVED, -SERVING, -SERVES]

Medical Definition of Conserve

1. To keep in a safe or sound state, preserve from change or destruction. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Conserve

conservatized conservatizes conservatizing conservatoire conservatoires conservator conservator-ward relation conservatorial conservatories conservators

conservatorship conservatorships conservatory conservatorylike conservatour conserve (current term) conserved conserved sequence conserver conservers

conserves conserving conshie conshies consider consider'd considerable considerableness considerables considerably

Literary usage of Conserve

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

1. Convention by National Electric Light Association Convention, National Independent Meat Packers Association, University of Georgia College of Agriculture, University of Georgia Dept. of Food Science (1913)
"RJ MCCLELLAND 3—Paper: "The Failure of Conservation to conserve." EH THOMAS 4—Report of Committee on Progress. TC MARTIN 5—Report on Turbines. ..."

2. Theory of Differential Equations by Andrew Russell Forsyth (1906)
"... for all changes of the independent variables that conserve the form of the equation. ... conserve ..."

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