Thesaurus: conserve

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1. v. t. To keep in a safe or sound state; to save; to preserve; to protect.
2. v. t. To prepare with sugar, etc., for the purpose of preservation, as fruits, etc.; to make a conserve of.
3. n. Anything which is conserved; especially, a sweetmeat prepared with sugar; a confection.
4. n. A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered vegetable substances mixed with finely powdered refined sugar. See Confection.
5. n. A conservatory.
6. n. fruit preserved by cooking with sugar
7. v. keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change
8. v. keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction
9. v. use cautiously and frugally
10. v. preserve with sugar
11. 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. 1. Anything which is conserved; especially, a sweetmeat prepared with sugar; a confection. I shall . . . study broths, plasters, and conserves, till from a fine lady I become a notable woman. Tatler. 2. (Med.) A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered vegetable substances mixed with finely powdered refined sugar. See Confection. 3. A conservatory. [Obs.] Evelyn.
12. A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered vegetablesubstances mixed with finely powdered refined sugar. See Confection.