Definition of preserve

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Preserve (n.) That which is preserved; fruit, etc., seasoned and kept by suitable preparation; esp., fruit cooked with sugar; -- commonly in the plural..

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Sanskrit :: Sanskrit (n.) The ancient language of the Hindoos, long since obsolete in vernacular use, but preserved to the present day as the literary and sacred dialect of India. It is nearly allied to the Persian, and to the principal languages of Europe, classical and modern, and by its more perfect preservation of the roots and forms of the primitive language from which they are all descended, is a most important assistance in determining their history and relations. Cf. Prakrit, and Veda..
Conserve :: Conserve (v. t.) To keep in a safe or sound state; to save; to preserve; to protect.
Enshrine :: Enshrine (v. t.) To inclose in a shrine or chest; hence, to preserve or cherish as something sacred; as, to enshrine something in memory..
Pickle-herring :: Pickle-herring (n.) A herring preserved in brine; a pickled herring.
Ensilage :: Ensilage (v. t.) To preserve in a silo; as, to ensilage cornstalks..
Corn :: Corn (v. t.) To preserve and season with salt in grains; to sprinkle with salt; to cure by salting; now, specifically, to salt slightly in brine or otherwise; as, to corn beef; to corn a tongue..
Conservator :: Conservator (n.) One who preserves from injury or violation; a protector; a preserver.
Protonotary :: Protonotary (n.) Formerly, one who had the charge of writing the acts of the martyrs, and the circumstances of their death; now, one of twelve persons, constituting a college in the Roman Curia, whose office is to register pontifical acts and to make and preserve the official record of beatifications..
Preserve :: Preserve (v. t.) To maintain throughout; to keep intact; as, to preserve appearances; to preserve silence..
Police :: Police (n.) Military police, the body of soldiers detailed to preserve civil order and attend to sanitary arrangements in a camp or garrison..
Preserve :: Preserve (v. i.) To make preserves.
Keckle :: Keckle (v. t.) To wind old rope around, as a cable, to preserve its surface from being fretted, or to wind iron chains around, to defend from the friction of a rocky bottom, or from the ice..
Casket :: Casket (v. t.) To put into, or preserve in, a casket..
Hortus Siccus :: Hortus siccus () A collection of specimens of plants, dried and preserved, and arranged systematically; an herbarium..
Float :: Float (v. i.) Anything used to buoy up whatever is liable to sink; an inflated bag or pillow used by persons learning to swim; a life preserver.
Sauce :: Sauce (n.) Stewed or preserved fruit eaten with other food as a relish; as, apple sauce, cranberry sauce, etc..
Candy :: Candy (v. i.) To have sugar crystals form in or on; as, fruits preserved in sugar candy after a time..
Preservation :: Preservation (n.) The act or process of preserving, or keeping safe; the state of being preserved, or kept from injury, destruction, or decay; security; safety; as, preservation of life, fruit, game, etc.; a picture in good preservation..
Conservable :: Conservable (a.) Capable of being preserved from decay or injury.
Conservatory :: Conservatory (n.) That which preserves from injury.
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