— conserver , n.
v. /keuhn serrv"/ ; n. /kon"serrv, keuhn serrv"/ , v. , conserved, conserving , n.
v.t.
1. to prevent injury, decay, waste, or loss of: Conserve your strength for the race.
2. to use or manage (natural resources) wisely; preserve; save: Conserve the woodlands.
3. Physics , Chem. to hold (a property) constant during an interaction or process: the interaction conserved linear momentum.
4. to preserve (fruit) by cooking with sugar or syrup.
n.
5. Often, conserves . a mixture of several fruits cooked to jamlike consistency with sugar and often garnished with nuts and raisins.
[ 1325-75; (v.) ME conservare to save, preserve, equiv. to con- CON- + servare to watch over, guard (akin to servus slave, servire to SERVE); (n.) ME conserve, n. deriv. of conserver ]
Syn. 2. husband, safeguard.