preserve

• They preserve, they tang, they balance and they contrast. —  MattBites
• Among the relics which the relations preserve are the lower arm bones, the shoulder-blades, the ribs, and the vertebra. —  The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia
• There were few constituencies in Scotland on which they could place perfect reliance, and the Universities of Glasgow and Aberdeen they regarded as a special preserve--as their own inalienable and chartered possession; but this confidence was scarcely justified by the result, and they were not permitted even the satisfaction of recording of the most intelligent constituency in Scotland that Amid the faithless, faithful only they The appointment of Mr. Moncrieff to the Lord Justice Clerkship in November, 1869, caused a new writ to be issued for Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities, and Mr. Gordon again came forward as a candidate. —  Western Worthies A Gallery of Biographical and Critical Sketches of West of Scotland Celebrities
• From its leaves a fever drink is made; from its berries a sour preserve, and a wonder-working electuary; whilst the moon-shaped clusters of its aromatic flowers, being somewhat narcotic, are of service in baking small cakes The Romans made use of the black Elder juice as a hair dye. —  Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
• Their attempts to make the Word of God a private preserve, and its exposition a means for personal aggrandizement, have been the greatest single handicap against which the advancement of civilization has struggled. —  Statement on Bahá’u’lláh

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