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reserving

 

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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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