Reserve

re-zerv', v. t. [-served (-zervd'), -SERV- ING.] To keep in store for future or other use; withhold from present use for another purpose keep, retain, withhold. — n. Act of reserving keeping back; that which is reserved; restraint freedom in words or actions; a tract of land reserved or set apart for a particular purpose. (Mil.) A body of troops kept for au exigency. — Reserved'. -zervd', p. a. Restrained from freedom in words or actions; not free or frank; cautious; backward; cold; shy; coy; modest — Res9rv'edly, -ed-ir, adv. — Reservation, rez-er-va's hun, n. Act of reserving, or keeping back; something withheld: a tract of "the public land reserved for some special use, as for schools, {Law.) A clause in an instrument by which something is reserved out of the thing granted; a proviso. — Res'ervoir', -gr-vwor', n. A place where anything is kept in store, esp., a place where water is collected and kept for use when wanted; a cistern; basin.