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pre·serve

(prĭ-zûrv′)

v. pre·served, pre·serv·ing, pre·serves

v.tr.

1. To keep from injury, peril, or harm; protect. See Synonyms at defend.

2. To keep in perfect or unaltered condition; maintain unchanged: fossils preserved in sediments; a film preserved in the archives.

3. To keep or maintain intact: tried to preserve family harmony.

4. To prepare (food) for storage or future use, as by canning or salting.

5. To prevent (organic bodies) from decaying or spoiling: preserved the specimen in a chemical solution.

a. To protect (wildlife or natural resources) in a designated area, often for regulated hunting or fishing.

b. To maintain (an area) for the protection of wildlife or natural resources.

v.intr.

1. To treat fruit or other foods so as to prevent decay.

2. To maintain an area for the protection of wildlife or natural resources.

1. Something that acts to preserve; a preservative.

2. often preserves Fruit cooked with sugar to protect against decay or fermentation.

3. An area maintained for the protection of wildlife or natural resources.

4. Something considered as being the exclusive province of certain persons: Ancient Greek is the preserve of scholars.

[Middle English preserven, from Old French preserver, from Medieval Latin praeservāre, from Late Latin, to observe beforehand : Latin prae-, pre- + Latin servāre, to guard, preserve; see ser- in Indo-European roots.]

pre·serv′a·bil′i·ty n.

pre·serv′a·ble adj.

pres′er·va′tion (prĕz′ər-vā′shən) n.

pre·serv′er n.

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Adj.	1.	preserved - prevented from decaying or spoiling and prepared for future use fresh - not canned or otherwise preserved; "fresh vegetables"
	2.	preserved - kept intact or in a particular condition destroyed - spoiled or ruined or demolished; "war left many cities destroyed"; "Alzheimer's is responsible for her destroyed mind"

Translations

preserved

[prɪˈzɜːvd] ADJ [fruit, ginger] → en conserva
you can use either fresh or preserved fruit → puede usar fruta fresca o en conserva or de lata
preserved foods (in bottles) → comida f en conserva; (in cans) → comida f en conserva, comida f de lata

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preserved

adj

food → konserviert; (in jars) → eingekocht, eingeweckt, eingemacht; (= pickled) → eingelegt

(= conserved) → präserviert, erhalten; well-preserved (building, village, fossil) → gut präserviert, gut erhalten; he is well-preserved (hum) → er hat sich gut gehalten (hum)

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Kendall found the body of a foreign sailor which had long been buried, with the flesh and all the features perfectly preserved. It is a singular fact, that on the two great continents in the northern hemisphere (but not in the broken land of Europe between them ), we have the zone of perpetually frozen undersoil in a low latitude -- namely, in 56 degs.

The case of the sailor's body perfectly preserved in the icy soil of the South Shetland Islands (lat.

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Opening another book he saw it was "Palmerin de Oliva," and beside it was another called "Palmerin of England," seeing which the licentiate said, "Let the Olive be made firewood of at once and burned until no ashes even are left; and let that Palm of England be kept and preserved as a thing that stands alone, and let such another case be made for it as that which Alexander found among the spoils of Darius and set aside for the safe keeping of the works of the poet Homer.

"As for that of the Salamancan," replied the curate, "let it go to swell the number of the condemned in the yard, and let Gil Polo's be preserved as if it came from Apollo himself: but get on, gossip, and make haste, for it is growing late."

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Had the nobles, by a conduct of clemency and justice, preserved the fidelity and devotion of their retainers and followers, the contests between them and the prince must almost always have ended in their favor, and in the abridgment or subversion of the royal authority.

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These glorious confessors I met as they were just entering the pass designed for the place of their destruction, and doubly preserved them from famine and the sword.

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And that prince who, relying entirely on their promises, has neglected other precautions, is ruined; because friendships that are obtained by payments, and not by greatness or nobility of mind, may indeed be earned, but they are not secured, and in time of need cannot be relied upon; and men have less scruple in offending one who is beloved than one who is feared, for love is preserved by the link of obligation which, owing to the baseness of men, is broken at every opportunity for their advantage; but fear preserves you by a dread of punishment which never fails.

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In such case, every slight modification, which in the course of ages chanced to arise, and which in any way favoured the individuals of any of the species, by better adapting them to their altered conditions, would tend to be preserved; and natural selection would thus have free scope for the work of improvement.

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He preserved his perfect serenity of manner on all occasions, as if the possibility of Clennam's presuming to have debated the great question were too distant and ridiculous to be imagined.

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The Swan, threatened with death, burst forth into song and thus made himself known by his voice, and preserved his life by his melody.

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I feel sure that if all the other Old Masters were lost and only these two preserved, the world would be the gainer by it.

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Because the prospect of present loss or advantage may often tempt the governing party in one or two States to swerve from good faith and justice; but those temptations, not reaching the other States, and consequently having little or no influence on the national government, the temptation will be fruitless, and good faith and justice be preserved. The case of the treaty of peace with Britain adds great weight to this reasoning.