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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  The  amity  which  .  .  .  they  meant  to  conserve  and 
  maintain  with  the  emperor.  --Strype. 
 
  2.  To  prepare  with  sugar,  etc.,  for  the  purpose  of 
  preservation,  as  fruits,  etc.;  to  make  a  conserve  of 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  conserving 
  adj  :  saving  from  harm  or  loss  "serves  a  conserving  function" 
  [syn:  {preserving}] 
  n  :  the  preservation  and  careful  management  of  the  environment 
  and  of  natural  resources  [syn:  {conservation},  {conservancy}] 




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