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Conservable
Conservable Con*serv"a*ble, a. [L. conservabilitis.]
Capable of being preserved from decay or injury.
Conservancy
Conservancy Con*serv"an*cy, n.
Conservation, as from injury, defilement, or irregular use.
[An act was] passed in 1866, for vesting in the
Conservators of the River Thames the conservancy of the
Thames and Isis. --Mozley & W.
Conservant
Conservant Con*serv"ant, a. [L. conservans, p. pr.]
Having the power or quality of conservation.
ConservationConservation Con`ser*va"tion, n. [L. conservatio: cf. F.
conservation.]
The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping
(of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.
A step necessary for the conservation of Protestantism.
--Hallam.
A state without the means of some change is without the
means of its conservation. --Burke.
Conservation of areas (Astron.), the principle that the
radius vector drawn from a planet to the sun sweeps over
equal areas in equal times.
Conservation of energy, or Conservation of force (Mech.),
the principle that the total energy of any material system
is a quantity which can neither be increased nor
diminished by any action between the parts of the system,
though it may be transformed into any of the forms of
which energy is susceptible. --Clerk Maxwell. Conservation of areasConservation Con`ser*va"tion, n. [L. conservatio: cf. F.
conservation.]
The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping
(of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.
A step necessary for the conservation of Protestantism.
--Hallam.
A state without the means of some change is without the
means of its conservation. --Burke.
Conservation of areas (Astron.), the principle that the
radius vector drawn from a planet to the sun sweeps over
equal areas in equal times.
Conservation of energy, or Conservation of force (Mech.),
the principle that the total energy of any material system
is a quantity which can neither be increased nor
diminished by any action between the parts of the system,
though it may be transformed into any of the forms of
which energy is susceptible. --Clerk Maxwell. Conservation of energyConservation Con`ser*va"tion, n. [L. conservatio: cf. F.
conservation.]
The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping
(of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.
A step necessary for the conservation of Protestantism.
--Hallam.
A state without the means of some change is without the
means of its conservation. --Burke.
Conservation of areas (Astron.), the principle that the
radius vector drawn from a planet to the sun sweeps over
equal areas in equal times.
Conservation of energy, or Conservation of force (Mech.),
the principle that the total energy of any material system
is a quantity which can neither be increased nor
diminished by any action between the parts of the system,
though it may be transformed into any of the forms of
which energy is susceptible. --Clerk Maxwell. Conservation of forceConservation Con`ser*va"tion, n. [L. conservatio: cf. F.
conservation.]
The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping
(of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.
A step necessary for the conservation of Protestantism.
--Hallam.
A state without the means of some change is without the
means of its conservation. --Burke.
Conservation of areas (Astron.), the principle that the
radius vector drawn from a planet to the sun sweeps over
equal areas in equal times.
Conservation of energy, or Conservation of force (Mech.),
the principle that the total energy of any material system
is a quantity which can neither be increased nor
diminished by any action between the parts of the system,
though it may be transformed into any of the forms of
which energy is susceptible. --Clerk Maxwell. Conservational
Conservational Con`ser*va"tion*al, a.
Tending to conserve; preservative.
Conservatism
Conservatism Con*serv"a*tism, n. [For conservatism.]
The disposition and tendency to preserve what is established;
opposition to change; the habit of mind; or conduct, of a
conservative.
Conservative
Conservative Con*serv"a*tive, a. [Cf. F. conservatif.]
1. Having power to preserve in a safe of entire state, or
from loss, waste, or injury; preservative.
Conservative
Conservative Con*serv"a*tive, n.
1. One who, or that which, preserves from ruin, injury,
innovation, or radical change; a preserver; a conserver.
The Holy Spirit is the great conservative of the new
life. --Jer. Taylor.
2. One who desires to maintain existing institutions and
customs; also, one who holds moderate opinions in
politics; -- opposed to revolutionary or radical.
3. (Eng. Hist.) A member of the Conservative party.
Conservative system 2. Tending or disposed to maintain existing institutions;
opposed to change or innovation.
3. Of or pertaining to a political party which favors the
conservation of existing institutions and forms of
government, as the Conservative party in England; --
contradistinguished from Liberal and Radical.
We have always been conscientiously attached to what
is called the Tory, and which might with more
propriety be called the Conservative, party.
--Quart. Rev.
(1830).
Conservative system (Mech.), a material system of such a
nature that after the system has undergone any series of
changes, and been brought back in any manner to its
original state, the whole work done by external agents on
the system is equal to the whole work done by the system
overcoming external forces. --Clerk
Maxwell. Conservativeness
Conservativeness Con*serv"a*tive*ness, a.
The quality of being conservative.
ConservatoireConservatoire Con`ser"va*toire`, n. [F.]
A public place of instruction in any special branch, esp.
music and the arts. [See Conservatory, 3]. ConservatorConservator Con"ser*va`tor (?; 277), n. [L.: cf. F.
conservateur.]
1. One who preserves from injury or violation; a protector; a
preserver.
The great Creator and Conservator of the world.
--Derham.
2. (Law)
(a) An officer who has charge of preserving the public
peace, as a justice or sheriff.
(b) One who has an official charge of preserving the
rights and privileges of a city, corporation,
community, or estate.
The lords of the secret council were likewise
made conservators of the peace of the two
kingdoms. --Clarendon.
The conservator of the estate of an idiot.
--Bouvier.
Conservators of the River Thames, a board of commissioners
instituted by Parliament to have the conservancy of the
Thames. Conservators of the River ThamesConservator Con"ser*va`tor (?; 277), n. [L.: cf. F.
conservateur.]
1. One who preserves from injury or violation; a protector; a
preserver.
The great Creator and Conservator of the world.
--Derham.
2. (Law)
(a) An officer who has charge of preserving the public
peace, as a justice or sheriff.
(b) One who has an official charge of preserving the
rights and privileges of a city, corporation,
community, or estate.
The lords of the secret council were likewise
made conservators of the peace of the two
kingdoms. --Clarendon.
The conservator of the estate of an idiot.
--Bouvier.
Conservators of the River Thames, a board of commissioners
instituted by Parliament to have the conservancy of the
Thames. Conservatory
Conservatory Con*serv"a*to*ry, a. [Cf. F. conservatoire, LL.
conservatorius.]
Having the quality of preserving from loss, decay, or injury.
Conservatory
Conservatory Con*serv"a*to*ry, n. [Cf. F. conservatoire, LL.
conservatorium.]
1. That which preserves from injury. [Obs.] ``A conservatory
of life.' --Jer. Taylor.
2. A place for preserving anything from loss, decay, waste,
or injury; particulary, a greenhouse for preserving exotic
or tender plants.
3. A public place of instruction, designed to preserve and
perfect the knowledge of some branch of science or art,
esp. music.
Conservatrix
Conservatrix Con`ser*va"trix, n. [L.]
A woman who preserves from loss, injury, etc.
ConserveConserve Con*serve", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conserved; p. pr. &
vb. n. Conserving.] [F. conserver, L. 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. --Strype.
2. To prepare with sugar, etc., for the purpose of
preservation, as fruits, etc.; to make a conserve of. ConserveConserve Con"serve, n. [F. conserve, fr. 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.
--Tatler.
2. (Med.) A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered
vegetable substances mixed with finely powdered refined
sugar. See Confection.
3. A conservatory. [Obs.] --Evelyn. ConservedConserve Con*serve", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conserved; p. pr. &
vb. n. Conserving.] [F. conserver, L. 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. --Strype.
2. To prepare with sugar, etc., for the purpose of
preservation, as fruits, etc.; to make a conserve of. Conserver
Conserver Con*serv"er, n.
One who conserves.
ConservingConserve Con*serve", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conserved; p. pr. &
vb. n. Conserving.] [F. conserver, L. 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. --Strype.
2. To prepare with sugar, etc., for the purpose of
preservation, as fruits, etc.; to make a conserve of.
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