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  • noun Plural form of preserve.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of preserve.

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  • noun fruit preserved by cooking with sugar

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Examples

  • This title preserves the ancient tradition, and there is no reason to doubt that the tradition embodies the truth.

    Who Wrote the Bible? : a Book for the People Washington Gladden 1877

  • This term preserves the memory of Mabel, the Swimming Wonder Monkey, star of a biological research program at the University of Toronto.

    MAKE Magazine Gareth Branwyn 2010

  • This term preserves the memory of Mabel, the Swimming Wonder Monkey, star of a biological research program at the University of Toronto.

    MAKE Magazine 2010

  • To reach the Old Port, I could also have taken Rue St. Ferréol, an upscale lane running perpendicular to La Cane­bière that is just as lively but sports the immaculate, AC-cooled, glassed-in preserves of Le Jasmin watch sellers with their outdoor Rolex clock, Galeries Lafayette, Yves Rocher, and BNP Paribas.

    Sunstroked 2008

  • Today, I obtained some huckleberry preserves from the farmers market and LOVED IT with huckleberry preserves ...

    Like a lullaby 2008

  • But the cream pie for with porphyrin's homemade gooseberry preserves is in the fridge, and there has been substantial progress on other fronts.

    Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway porphyrin 2008

  • To reach the Old Port, I could also have taken Rue St. Ferréol, an upscale lane running perpendicular to La Cane­bière that is just as lively but sports the immaculate, AC-cooled, glassed-in preserves of Le Jasmin watch sellers with their outdoor Rolex clock, Galeries Lafayette, Yves Rocher, and BNP Paribas.

    Sunstroked 2008

  • Fruit is often used in preserves and desserts, including pears cooked in cinnamon and sugar syrup, walnut brittle, cakes topped with marmalade, and pitaya (cactus fruit) gelatin.

    The Cuisine of Hidalgo: Spanning Climates and Cultures 2007

  • Fruit is often used in preserves and desserts, including pears cooked in cinnamon and sugar syrup, walnut brittle, cakes topped with marmalade, and pitaya (cactus fruit) gelatin.

    The Cuisine of Hidalgo: Spanning Climates and Cultures 2007

  • Brillat-Savarin preserves the memory of the ancient regime sufficiently to enact some version of its manners.

    Economies of Excess in Brillat-Savarin, Balzac, and Baudelaire 2007

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