conserve

1. v. t. To keep in a safe or sound state; to save; to preserve; to protect. Source: opted

2. v. t. To prepare with sugar, etc., for the purpose of preservation, as fruits, etc.; to make a conserve of. Source: opted

3. n. Anything which is conserved; especially, a sweetmeat prepared with sugar; a confection. Source: opted

4. n. A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered vegetable substances mixed with finely powdered refined sugar. See Confection. Source: opted

5. n. A conservatory. Source: opted

6. n. fruit preserved by cooking with sugar Source: wordnet

7. v. keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change Source: wordnet

8. v. keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction Source: wordnet

9. v. use cautiously and frugally Source: wordnet

10. v. preserve with sugar Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

12. A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered vegetablesubstances mixed with finely powdered refined sugar. See Confection. Source: adambom

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