RESERVE

I. transitive verb (~d; reserving) see: conserve Date: 14th century 1. to hold in ~ ; keep back , to set aside (part of the consecrated elements) at the Eucharist for future use, to retain or hold over to a future time or place ; defer , to make legal reservation of, to set or have set aside or apart , see: keep reservable adjective II. noun Usage: often attributive Date: 1648 something ~d or set aside for a particular purpose, use, or reason: as, a. a military force withheld from action for later decisive use, forces not in the field but available, the military forces of a country not part of the regular services, a tract (as of public land) set apart ; reservation , something stored or kept available for future use or need ; stock , an act of reserving ; qualification , 4. restraint, closeness, or caution in one's words and actions, forbearance from making a full explanation, complete disclosure, or free expression of one's mind, secret , 6. money or its equivalent kept in hand or set apart usually to meet liabilities, the liquid resources of a nation for meeting international payments, substitute , ~ price , a wine made from select grapes, bottled on the maker's premises, and aged differently from the maker's other wines of the same vintage