conserve

Conserve means to protect or save, or to make fruit into preserves.

(verb)

The definition of a conserve is a jam made with multiple fruits and nuts or raisins.

(noun)

An example of a conserve is a jam of strawberries, apples and peanuts.

See conserve in Webster's New World College Dictionary

Origin: ME conserven < OFr conserver < L conservare, to keep, preserve < com-, with + servare: see observe

noun

a kind of jam made of two or more fruits, often with nuts or raisins added

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See conserve in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb con·served, con·serv·ing, con·serves

verb, transitive

a. To protect from loss or harm; preserve: calls to conserve our national heritage in the face of bewildering change.
b. To use carefully or sparingly, avoiding waste: kept the thermostat lower to conserve energy.
To keep (a quantity) constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary changes.
To preserve (fruits) with sugar.

verb, intransitive

To economize: tried to conserve on fuel during the long winter.

noun (kŏnˈsûrvˌ)

A jam made of fruits stewed in sugar.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English conserven

Origin: , from Old French conserver

Origin: , from Latin cōnservāre

Origin: : com-, intensive pref.; see com-

Origin: + servāre, to preserve; see ser-¹ in Indo-European roots

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