Definitions
prevent (food) from rotting
Word origin
From Middle English preserven, from Old French preserver, from Medieval Latin prēservāre (“keep, preserve”), from Late Latin praeservāre (“guard beforehand”), from prae (“before”, adverb) + servāre (“maintain, keep”). Displaced native Old English nerian.
Used in a sentence
“Kids regard their tree houses as their own preserve.”
“No one can argue with that—neither the Army Commander nor Zhilinsky nor even the Grand Duke. That is the Emperor’s preserve. The Emperor says France must be saved. We can only do his bidding.”
“The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them, which is then licensed to related businesses in high-tax countries, is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Keep from loss”8 letters
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