Conserve Definition

kən-sûrv

conserved, conserves, conserving

verb

conserved, conserves, conserving

To keep from being damaged, lost, or wasted; save.

Webster's New World

To protect from loss or harm; preserve.

Calls to conserve our national heritage in the face of bewildering change.

American Heritage

To use carefully or sparingly, avoiding waste.

Kept the thermostat lower to conserve energy.

American Heritage

To keep (a quantity) constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary changes.

American Heritage

To make (fruit) into preserves.

Webster's New World

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noun

conserves

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

Webster's New World

Wilderness where human development is prohibited.

Wiktionary

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Other Word Forms of Conserve

Singular:

conserve

Plural:

Middle English conserven from Old French conserver from Latin cōnservāre com- intensive pref. com– servāre to preserve ser-¹ in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Old French conserver, from Latin conservare (“to keep, preserve”), from com- (intensive prefix) + servo (“keep watch, maintain”). See also observe.

From Wiktionary