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  1. imp. & p. p. of Reserve
  2. a. Kept for future or special use, or for an exigency; as, reserved troops; a reserved seat in a theater.
  3. a. Restrained from freedom in words or actions; backward, or cautious, in communicating one's thoughts and feelings; not free or frank.
  4. adj. set aside for the use of a particular person or party
  5. adj. marked by self-restraint and reticence
  6. 1. Kept for future or special use, or for an exigency; as, reserved troops; a reserved seat in a theater. 2. Restrained from freedom in words or actions; backward, or cautious, in communicating one's thoughts and feelings; not free or frank. To all obliging, yet reserved to all. Walsh. Nothing reserved or sullen was to see. Dryden. -- Re*serv"ed*ly (r, adv. -- Re*serv"ed*ness, n.
  7. j:100 a. set aside for the use of a particular person or party a. marked by self-restraint and reticence