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Preserved   /prəzˈərvd/  /prɪzˈərvd/  /prizˈərvd/   Listen
Preserved

adjective
1.
Prevented from decaying or spoiling and prepared for future use.
2.
Kept intact or in a particular condition.


Preserve

verb
(past & past part. preserved; pres. part. preserving)
1.
Keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last.  Synonyms: bear on, carry on, continue, uphold.  "Continue the family tradition" , "Carry on the old traditions"
2.
Keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction.  Synonyms: conserve, keep up, maintain.  "The old lady could not keep up the building" , "Children must be taught to conserve our national heritage" , "The museum curator conserved the ancient manuscripts"
3.
To keep up and reserve for personal or special use.  Synonym: save.
4.
Prevent (food) from rotting.  Synonym: keep.  "Keep potatoes fresh"
5.
Maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger.  Synonym: keep.
6.
Keep undisturbed for personal or private use for hunting, shooting, or fishing.



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"Preserved" Quotes from Famous Books



... and it is worth it, although it is slightly damaged. For those are miniatures by Matteo da Siena, who made them for Pope Pius II Piccolomini. Look at the one which represents Saint Blaise, who is blessing the lions and panthers. It is the best preserved. ...
— Cosmopolis, Complete • Paul Bourget
... sitting by who did not say very much, but had his ears wide open, and his name was Luke. In Philip's long, confidential conversations he no doubt got some of the materials, which have been preserved for us in this book, for his account of the early days of the Church ...
— Expositions of Holy Scripture: The Acts • Alexander Maclaren
... had been allayed, after making a gap in one of our boundary fences. Father and the boys had been forced to leave the harvesting of the miserable pinched wheat while they went to mend it, as the small allowance of grass the drought gave us was precious, and had to be carefully preserved ...
— My Brilliant Career • Miles Franklin
... or three anecdotes which he related are all I can contribute towards a piece of mental history which, if preserved, would have been highly interesting. The first in point of time as to his taste of mind, was a circumstance which shook his confidence in materialism, though it did not lead to his conversion. It was one of those mental phenomena which he saw to be inexplicable ...
— The Book of Dreams and Ghosts • Andrew Lang
... attacked without warning and with a derringer, Jack Harpe as he was walking peacefully along the sidewalk in front of the Starlight. Only by good luck and a loose board that had turned under the girl's foot as she fired had Mr. Harpe been preserved ...
— The Heart of the Range • William Patterson White


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