conserve

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The leaves, when bruised, make with sugar a capital conserve which is refreshing to a fevered stomach, or, if boiled in milk, they form an agreeable sub-acid whey.

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  1. transitive verb To protect from loss or harm; preserve: calls to conserve our national heritage in the face of bewildering change.
  2. transitive verb To use carefully or sparingly, avoiding waste: kept the thermostat lower to conserve energy.
  3. transitive verb To keep (a quantity) constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary changes.
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  • And with all the wonderful technology we have we can do things that are much more efficient: conserve, recycle, etc. —  Paul MacCready on nature vs. humans
  • Campaign activities include the Energysavers. gov website which educates consumers on specific steps they can take to conserve, a letter from the Secretary to all 50 governors with recommended actions that states can take to improve the natural gas situation, and public service announcements available on the Energysavers. gov website for use by radio stations throughout the country. —  U.S. Department of Energy - Press Releases
  • Old conflicts will surface over the management of the forests - conserve or cut and burn. —  On Line Opinion - Latest Articles
  • TWP is a non-profit organization based in Fort Collins, Colorado with a mission to improve people's lives by helping communities to protect, conserve, and manage the natural resources upon which their long-term well-being depends.
  • Major goals and a plethora of "green" ways to conserve, avoid pollution, and cut carbon emerged. —  Stateline.org RSS - stories
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  1. Middle English conserven, from Old French conserver, from Latin cōnservāre : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + servāre, to preserve; see ser-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English conserven = Dutch conserveren = German conserviren = Danish konservere, from Old French conserver, French conserver = Spanish Portuguese conservar = Italian conservare, from Latin conservare, keep, retain, preserve, from com-, together, + servare, hold, keep. Cf.preserve, reserve, and see serve.
  2. from ME, conserve = Dutch konserf = German conserve = Danish konserver, pi., = Swedish konserf, from Old French (and F.) conserve = Spanish Portuguese Italian conserva (Middle Latin conserva, a fish-pond); from the verb.
 

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