conserve

con·serve

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noun

The definition of a conserve is a jam made with multiple fruits and nuts or raisins.
An example of a conserve is a jam of strawberries, apples and peanuts.

verb

Conserve means to protect or save, or to make fruit into preserves.
1. An example of conserve is to turn off the lights to save energy.
2. An example of conserve is to turn strawberries into chunky jam.

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conserve

transitive verb

-·served′, -·serv′ing

to keep from being damaged, lost, or wasted; save
to make (fruit) into preserves

Origin of conserve

Middle English conserven from Old French conserver from Classical Latin conservare, to keep, preserve from com-, with + servare: see observe

[often pl.] a kind of jam made of two or more fruits, often with nuts or raisins added

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conserve

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

A jam made of fruits stewed in sugar.

Origin of conserve

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.

Related Forms:

con·serv′a·ble
adjective

con·serv′er
noun

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Noun

(plural conserves)

Wilderness where human development is prohibited.
A jam or thick syrup made from fruit.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present conserves, present participle conserving, simple past and past participle conserved)

To save for later use, sometimes by the use of a preservative.
to conserve fruits with sugar
To protect an environment.
(physics, chemistry, intransitive) To remain unchanged during a process

Origin

From Old French conserver, from Latin conservare (“to keep, preserve”), from com- (intensive prefix) + servo (“keep watch, maintain”). See also observe.

See also: conservé

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