(v. t.) To keep or save from injury or destruction; to guard
or defend from evil, harm, danger, etc.; to protect.
(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.
(v. t.) To maintain throughout; to keep intact; as, to
preserve appearances; to preserve silence.
(v. i.) To make preserves.
(v. i.) To protect game for purposes of sport.
(n.) That which is preserved; fruit, etc., seasoned and kept
by suitable preparation; esp., fruit cooked with sugar; -- commonly in
the plural.
(n.) A place in which game, fish, etc., are preserved for
purposes of sport, or for food.
