Conserve
Conserve , transitive verb
[French conserver, Latin conservare; con- + servare to keep, guard. See Serve.]
1.
To keep in a safe or sound state; to save; to preserve; to protect.
The amity which... they meant to conserve and maintain with the emperor.
2.
To prepare with sugar, etc., for the purpose of preservation, as fruits, etc.; to make a conserve of.
Conserve , noun
[French conserve, from conserver.]
1.
Anything which is conserved; especially, a sweetmeat prepared with sugar; a confection.
I shall... study broths, plasters, and conserves, till from a fine lady I become a notable woman.
2.
(Medicine) A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered vegetable substances mixed with finely powdered refined sugar. See Confection.
3.
A conservatory. [Obsolete] — Evelyn