different between conserve vs conserved

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

• enPR: k?n'sû(r)v, IPA^(key): /?k?ns??(?)v/
• Rhymes: -?ns??(?)v

Verb

• enPR: k?n-sû(r)v', IPA^(key): /k?n?s??(?)v/
• Rhymes: -??(r)v

Noun

conserve (plural conserves)

1. Wilderness where human development is prohibited.
2. A jam or thick syrup made from fruit.
   • August 11, 1709, Isaac Bickerstaff (pseudonym for Richard Steele or (in some later numbers of the journal) Joseph Addison), The Tatler No. 53

     I shall […] study broths, plasters, and conserves, till from a fine lady I become a notable woman.

3. (obsolete) A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered vegetable substances mixed with finely powdered refined sugar.
4. (obsolete) A conservatory.
   • c. 1700, John Evelyn, Elysium Britannicum

     water […] alwayes placed in the Conserve

Translations

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To save for later use, sometimes by the use of a preservative.

   to conserve fruits with sugar

   • 1721, John Strype, Ecclesiastical Memorials

     the amity which […] they meant to conserve and maintain with the emperor

2. (transitive) To protect an environment.
3. (physics, chemistry, intransitive) To remain unchanged during a process

Derived terms

• conservation
• conservative
• conservatory

Translations

Anagrams

• Cervones, Converse, converse, coveners, encovers

French

Noun

conserve f (plural conserves)

1. canned food, preserve

Derived terms

Verb

conserve

1. first-person singular present indicative of conserver
2. third-person singular present indicative of conserver
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of conserver
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of conserver
5. second-person singular imperative of conserver

Further reading

• “conserve” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• recevons

Italian

Noun

conserve f

1. plural of conserva

Anagrams

• converse
• scernevo

Latin

Noun

c?nserve

1. vocative singular of c?nservus

Portuguese

Verb

conserve

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of conservar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of conservar
3. first-person singular imperative of conservar
4. third-person singular imperative of conservar

Spanish

Verb

conserve

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of conservar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of conservar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of conservar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of conservar.

English

Verb

conserved

1. simple past tense and past participle of conserve

Adjective

conserved (comparative more conserved, superlative most conserved)

1. Of or relating to something to which conservation has been applied; saved from being wasted

   This hybrid automobile saves a lot of money from conserved gasoline.

Anagrams

• conversed