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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reserve \Re*serve"\ (r?-z?rv"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reserved}.
(z?rvd");p. pr & vb n. {Reserving}.] [F. r['e]server, L.
reservare reservatum pref. re- re- + servare to keep See
{Serve}.]
1. To keep back to retain; not to deliver, make over or
disclose. ``I have reserved to myself nothing.'' --Shak.
2. Hence to keep in store for future or special use to
withhold from present use for another purpose or time; to
keep to retain. --Gen. xxvii. 35.
Hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, which I
have reserved against the time of trouble? --Job
xxxviii
22,23.
Reserve your kind looks and language for private
hours. --Swift.
3. To make an exception of to except. [R.]
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