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preserve
English
Alternative forms
- præserve (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English preserven, from Old French preserver, from Medieval Latin pr?serv?re (“keep, preserve”), from Late Latin praeserv?re (“guard beforehand”), from prae (“before”, adverb) +? serv?re (“maintain, keep”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /p???z??v/
- (General American) IPA(key): /p???z?v/
- Rhymes: -??(?)v
Noun
preserve (countable and uncountable, plural preserves)
- A sweet spread made of any of a variety of fruits.
- A reservation, a nature preserve.
- 1881, Robert Louis Stevenson, Virginibus Puerisque:
- Suppose Shakespeare had been knocked on the head some dark night in Sir Thomas Lucy's preserves, the world would have wagged on better or worse, the pitcher gone to the well, the scythe to the corn, and the student to his book; and no one been any the wiser of the loss.
- 1881, Robert Louis Stevenson, Virginibus Puerisque:
- An activity with restricted access.
- 1989, H. T. Willetts (translator), Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (author), August 1914, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, ?ISBN, page 86:
- No one can argue with that—neither the Army Commander nor Zhilinsky nor even the Grand Duke. That is the Emperor’s preserve. The Emperor says France must be saved. We can only do his bidding.
- 1989, H. T. Willetts (translator), Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (author), August 1914, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, ?ISBN, page 86:
Usage notes
More often used in the plural, as strawberry preserves, but the form without the -s can also be used as the plural form, or to refer to a single type.
Translations
Synonyms
- jam
- jelly
- marmalade
See also
- preserver
Verb
preserve (third-person singular simple present preserves, present participle preserving, simple past and past participle preserved)
- To protect; to keep from harm or injury.
- To save from decay by the use of some preservative substance, such as sugar or salt; to season and prepare (fruits, meat, etc.) for storage.
- to preserve peaches or grapes
- To maintain throughout; to keep intact.
- to preserve appearances; to preserve silence
Translations
References
Anagrams
- persever, perverse
Portuguese
Verb
preserve
- first-person singular present subjunctive of preservar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of preservar
- first-person singular imperative of preservar
- third-person singular imperative of preservar
Spanish
Verb
preserve
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of preservar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of preservar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of preservar.
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restrain
English
Etymology
From Middle English restreinen, a borrowing from Old French restreindre, from Latin r?stringere, present active infinitive of r?string? (“fasten, tighten”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???st?e?n/
- Rhymes: -e?n
- Hyphenation: re?strain
Verb
restrain (third-person singular simple present restrains, present participle restraining, simple past and past participle restrained)
- (transitive) To control or keep in check.
- (transitive) To deprive of liberty.
- (transitive) To restrict or limit.
- He was restrained by the straitjacket.
Synonyms
- (control or keep in check): check, limit, restrain, withstrain; See also Thesaurus:curb
- (deprive of liberty): confine, detain
Related terms
- constrain
- restraint
- restrict
Translations
Anagrams
- arrestin, retrains, strainer, terrains, trainers, transire
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