Conserve /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Conserved; p. pr. & vb. n. Conserving

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.

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. A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered vegetable substances mixed with finely powdered refined sugar. See Confection. (Med.)
3. A conservatory. [Obs.]