Preserve

pre-zerv', v. [-served (-z5rvdr -serv- ing.] To keep from injury or destruction; to save from decay by the use of some preservative substance, as sugar, salt, etc. to maintain or keep throughout (appearances) to 6ecure, sustain, protect, guard, shield.— n. Fruit, etc., seasoned and kept by suitable preparation; esp. fruit cooked with an equal weight of sugar; a place for the shelter or preservation of game, fish, etc. [OF. preserver, L. prseservare, fr. prse and servare, to keep: see Serve.] — Preserv'er, n. — Preserv'able, a. Capable of being preserved. — Pres'erva'tion, n. Act of, or state of being, etc.; security. — Preservative, -a-tiv, Having the power or quality of preserving; tending to preserve. — n. That which, etc.; a preventive of injury or decay. — Preserv'atory, -a-to-rl, a. Having the power or a tendency to preserve; preservative.— n. That which, etc.