reserve

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He was eager to find friendships if he could, for his reserve was anything but misanthropic.

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  1. transitive verb To keep back, as for future use or for a special purpose.
  2. transitive verb To set or cause to be set apart for a particular person or use. See Synonyms at book.
  3. transitive verb To keep or secure for oneself; retain: I reserve the right to disagree. See Synonyms at keep.
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  • He was eager to find friendships if he could, for his reserve was anything but misanthropic. —  The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley V.1
  • Since a reserve is a reserve based on economics, reserves should be growing with the price of gold.
  • This reserve is and has been called the most important breeding ground in South East Asia for large water birds. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • The Iwokrama reserve is a model for what could be done countrywide.
  • The total amount in the reserve is approximately $2.5 million and if funds are not required for the Nevada County Office of Education or for the charter schools, 68 percent would be divided among teachers and the remaining 32 percent would be earmarked for the district's discretion, Halvorsen said. —  Sierra Sun - Top Stories
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  1. Middle English reserven, from Old French reserver, from Latin reservāre, to keep back : re-, re- + servāre, to keep; see ser-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English reserven, from Old French reserver, French réserver =Provencal Spanish Portuguese reservar =Italian riserbare, riservare, reservare, from Latin reservare, keep back, from re-, back, + servare, keep: see serve. Cf. conserve, observe, preserve.
  2. from Old French reserve, French réserve =Spanish Portuguese reserva =Italian riserba, riserva, a store, reserve; from the verb: see reserve, v.
 

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