To preserve game, to protect it from extermination.

Syn. — To keep; save; secure; uphold; sustain; defend; spare; protect; guard; shield. See Keep.

Preserve
(Pre*serve"), v. i.

1. To make preserves. Shak.

2. To protect game for purposes of sport.

Presentness
(Pres"ent*ness) n. The quality or state of being present; presence. [Obs.] "Presentness of mind in danger." Clarendon.

Presentoir
(Pres`en*toir") n. [Formed after analogy of French.] An ornamental tray, dish, or the like, used as a salver.

Preservable
(Pre*serv"a*ble) a. Capable of being preserved; admitting of preservation.

Preservation
(Pres`er*va"tion) n. [Cf. F. préservation.] The act or process of preserving, or keeping safe; the state of being preserved, or kept from injury, destruction, or decay; security; safety; as, preservation of life, fruit, game, etc.; a picture in good preservation.

Give us particulars of thy preservation.
Shak.

Preservative
(Pre*serv"a*tive) a. [Cf. F. préservatif.] Having the power or quality of preserving; tending to preserve, or to keep from injury, decay, etc.

Preservative
(Pre*serv"a*tive), n. That which preserves, or has the power of preserving; a presevative agent.

To wear tablets as preservatives against the plague.
Bacon.

Preservatory
(Pre*serv"a*to*ry) a. Preservative. Bp. Hall.

Preservatory
(Pre*serv"a*to*ry), n.; pl. Preservatories

1. A preservative. [Obs.] Whitlock.

2. A room, or apparatus, in which perishable things, as fruit, vegetables, etc., can be preserved without decay.

Preserve
(Pre*serve") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Preserved ; p. pr. & vb. n. Preserving.] [F. préserver, from L. prae before + servare to save, preserve; cf. L. praeservare to observe beforehand. See Serve.]

1. To keep or save from injury or destruction; to guard or defend from evil, harm, danger, etc.; to protect.

O Lord, thou preserved man and beast.
Ps. xxxvi. 6.

Now, good angels preserve the king.
Shak.

2. 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.

You can not preserve it from tainting.
Shak.

3. To maintain throughout; to keep intact; as, to preserve appearances; to preserve silence.

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