Definition of reserve

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Reserve (n.) A tract of land reserved, or set apart, for a particular purpose; as, the Connecticut Reserve in Ohio, originally set apart for the school fund of Connecticut; the Clergy Reserves in Canada, for the support of the clergy..

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Avercorn :: Avercorn (n.) A reserved rent in corn, formerly paid to religious houses by their tenants or farmers..
Record :: Record (v. t.) To preserve the memory of, by committing to writing, to printing, to inscription, or the like; to make note of; to write or enter in a book or on parchment, for the purpose of preserving authentic evidence of; to register; to enroll; as, to record the proceedings of a court; to record historical events..
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.
Cure :: Cure (v. t.) To prepare for preservation or permanent keeping; to preserve, as by drying, salting, etc.; as, to cure beef or fish; to cure hay..
Prude :: Prude (a.) A woman of affected modesty, reserve, or coyness; one who is overscrupulous or sensitive; one who affects extraordinary prudence in conduct and speech..
Comfit :: Comfit (n.) A dry sweetmeat; any kind of fruit, root, or seed preserved with sugar and dried; a confection..
Immodesty :: Immodesty (n.) Want of modesty, delicacy, or decent reserve; indecency..
Conservatory :: Conservatory (n.) A public place of instruction, designed to preserve and perfect the knowledge of some branch of science or art, esp. music..
Variation :: Variation (n.) Repetition of a theme or melody with fanciful embellishments or modifications, in time, tune, or harmony, or sometimes change of key; the presentation of a musical thought in new and varied aspects, yet so that the essential features of the original shall still preserve their identity..
Unco :: Unco (a.) Unknown; strange, or foreign; unusual, or surprising; distant in manner; reserved..
Preserve :: Preserve (n.) A place in which game, fish, etc., are preserved for purposes of sport, or for food..
Embalm :: Embalm (v. t.) To preserve from decay or oblivion as if with balm; to perpetuate in remembrance.
Literature :: Literature (n.) The collective body of literary productions, embracing the entire results of knowledge and fancy preserved in writing; also, the whole body of literary productions or writings upon a given subject, or in reference to a particular science or branch of knowledge, or of a given country or period; as, the literature of Biblical criticism; the literature of chemistry..
Bathybius :: Bathybius (n.) A name given by Prof. Huxley to a gelatinous substance found in mud dredged from the Atlantic and preserved in alcohol. He supposed that it was free living protoplasm, covering a large part of the ocean bed. It is now known that the substance is of chemical, not of organic, origin..
Reservative :: Reservative (a.) Tending to reserve or keep; keeping; reserving.
Plain-spoken :: Plain-spoken (a.) Speaking with plain, unreserved sincerity; also, spoken sincerely; as, plain-spoken words..
Succedane :: Succade (n.) Sweetmeats, or preserves in sugar, whether fruit, vegetables, or confections..
Moniment :: Moniment (n.) Something to preserve memory; a reminder; a monument; hence, a mark; an image; a superscription; a record..
Attitude :: Attitude (n.) Fig.: Position as indicating action, feeling, or mood; as, in times of trouble let a nation preserve a firm attitude; one's mental attitude in respect to religion..
Reservee :: Reservee (n.) One to, or for, whom anything is reserved; -- contrasted with reservor..
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