Preservable(a.) Capable of being preserved; admitting of preservation.
Preservation(n.) The act or process of preserving, or keeping safe; the state of being preserved, or kept from injury, destruction, or decay; security; safety; as, preservation of life, fruit, game, etc.; a picture in good preservation.
Preservative(a.) Having the power or quality of preserving; tending to preserve, or to keep from injury, decay, etc.
Preservative(n.) That which preserves, or has the power of preserving; a presevative agent.
Preserve(n.) That which is preserved; fruit, etc., seasoned and kept by suitable preparation; esp., fruit cooked with sugar; -- commonly in the plural.
Preserve(n.) A place in which game, fish, etc., are preserved for purposes of sport, or for food.
Preserve(v. i.) To make preserves.
Preserve(v. i.) To protect game for purposes of sport.
Preserve(v. t.) To keep or save from injury or destruction; to guard or defend from evil, harm, danger, etc.; to protect.
Preserve(v. t.) To save from decay by the use of some preservative substance, as sugar, salt, etc.; to season and prepare for remaining in a good state, as fruits, meat, etc.; as, to preserve peaches or grapes.
Preserve(v. t.) To maintain throughout; to keep intact; as, to preserve appearances; to preserve silence.
Preserved(imp. & p. p.) of Preserve
Preserver(n.) One who, or that which, preserves, saves, or defends, from destruction, injury, or decay; esp., one who saves the life or character of another.
Preserver(n.) One who makes preserves of fruit.
Preserving(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Preserve
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