To keep or save from injury or destruction; to guard or defend from evil, harm, danger, etc.; to protect.
To save from decay by the use of some preservative substance, as sugar, salt, etc.; to season and prepare for remaining in a good state, as fruits, meat, etc.; as, to preserve peaches or grapes.
To maintain throughout; to keep intact; as, to preserve appearances; to preserve silence.
To make preserves.
To protect game for purposes of sport.
That which is preserved; fruit, etc., seasoned and kept by suitable preparation; esp., fruit cooked with sugar; - commonly in the plural.
A place in which game, fish, etc., are preserved for purposes of sport, or for food.
To keep in a safe or sound state; to save; to preserve; to protect.
To prepare with sugar, etc., for the purpose of preservation, as fruits, etc.; to make a conserve of.
Anything which is conserved; especially, a sweetmeat prepared with sugar; a confection.
A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered vegetable substances mixed with finely powdered refined sugar. See Confection.
A conservatory.