Definitions for preserve

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preserve pre·serve

Spelling: [pri-zurv]

IPA: /prɪˈzɜrv/

Preserve is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 112 anagrams from letters in preserve (eeeprrsv).

Definitions for preserve

noun

1. something that preserves.
2. that which is preserved.
3. Usually, preserves. fruit, vegetables, etc., prepared by cooking with sugar.
4. a place set apart for protection and propagation of game or fish, especially for sport.

verb (used with object)

1. to keep alive or in existence; make lasting:
2. to keep safe from harm or injury; protect or spare.
3. to keep up; maintain:
4. to keep possession of; retain:
5. to prepare (food or any perishable substance) so as to resist decomposition or fermentation.
6. to prepare (fruit, vegetables, etc.) by cooking with sugar, pickling, canning, or the like.
7. to maintain and reserve (game, fish, etc.) for continued survival or for private use, as in hunting or fishing.

verb (used without object)

1. to preserve fruit, vegetables, etc.; make preserves.
2. to maintain a preserve for game or fish, especially for sport.

Origin of preserve

1325-75; Middle English preserven Medieval Latin praeservāre to guard (Late Latin: to observe), equivalent to Latin prae- pre- + servāre to watch over, keep, preserve,

Examples for preserve

May the powers that guide our destiny, preserve you from any real cause for shame.

Why do they sincerely try to restore, or preserve, the line between the two, and get heartbroken when the line fails?

These cases demonstrate how governments struggle to preserve historic sites.

Advocates claimed that it helped to preserve virtue and to affirm the application of Sharia law.

In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free—honorable alike in what we give, and what we preserve.

Unless we in America work to preserve the peace, there will be no peace.

And it is the world's only hope, to conquer poverty and preserve peace.

When action is required to preserve our national security, we will act.

Or bold stands that may not preserve our security today or tomorrow, but keep our principles safely intact?

Let us, then, look to the great cause, and endeavor to preserve it in full force.