preserve
/pɹəˈzɝv/ verb B1- To protect; to keep from harm or injury. · Every people has the right to preserve its identity and culture.
- To save from decay by the use of some preservative substance, such as sugar or salt; to season and prepare (fruits, meat, etc.) for storage. · to preserve peaches or grapes
- To maintain throughout; to keep intact. · to preserve appearances; to preserve silence· I preserved a composed manner throughout the interrogation.
He/she/it preserves · Past preserved · Past participle preserved · -ing form preserving
Verb forms
- Base form
- preserve
- He/she/it
- preserves
- Past
- preserved
- Past participle
- preserved
- -ing form
- preserving
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But the inheritance consisted in this only, a scrap of paper on which Spada had written:—‘I bequeath to my beloved nephew my coffers, my books, and, amongst others, my breviary with the gold corners, which I beg he will preserve in remembrance of his affectionate uncle.’
It had been handed down from father to son; for the singular clause of the only will that had been found, had caused it to be regarded as a genuine relic, preserved in the family with superstitious veneration.
He had changed little, was dressed like a young man of fashion—he was always a bit of a dandy—and preserved the same quiet, suave manner which had formerly distinguished him.
I preserve, too, and in the pheasant months I usually have a house-party, so that it would not do to be short-handed.
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