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preserved or candied fruit

preserve with sugar; "Mom always conserved the strawberries we grew in the backyard"

preserved or candied fruit

preserve with sugar; "Mom always conserved the strawberries we grew in the backyard"

preserved or candied fruit

To preserve from injury or destruction; to preserve with sugar.

To keep in a safe or sound state; to save; to preserve; to protect.

To prepare with sugar, etc., for the purpose of preservation, as fruits, etc.; to make a conserve of.

Anything which is conserved; especially, a sweetmeat prepared with sugar; a confection.

A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered vegetable substances mixed with finely powdered refined sugar. See Confection.

To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer to fail or decline; as, to maintain a certain degree of heat in a furnace; to maintain a fence or a railroad; to maintain the digestive process or powers of the stomach; to maintain the fertility of soil; to maintain present reputation.

To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer to fail or decline; as, to maintain a certain degree of heat in a furnace; to maintain a fence or a railroad; to maintain the digestive process or powers of the stomach; to maintain the fertility of soil; to maintain present reputation.

A mass mixed with sugar.

To keep entire: to retain: to preserve: to preserve in sugar: to pickle.

Something preserved, as fruits in sugar.

CONSERVABLE.

Fruit preserved in sugar.

To keep entire; preserve; retain; preserve in sugar.

Fruit preserved in sugar.

To keep from loss, decay, or injury; preserve.

Conserva, see Confectio- c. dAche, Conserva de apio graveolente- c. of Aloes, Conserva pruni sylvestris- c. of Lemon scurvy grass, Conserva cochleariae hortensis- c. of Mint, Conserva menthae- c. of Orange, Confetio aurantiorum- c. of Roses (red), Confectio rosae gallicae- c. of Smallage, Conserva de apio graveolente- c. of Woodsorrel, Conserva lujulae- c. of Wormwood, Conserva absinthii.

A confection, electuary, or medicated sweetmeat.

A preparation formerly made by covering fresh drugs with a layer of sugar, and afterward, by beating fresh vegetable substances with sufficient sugar into a uniform mass. [Lat.]

n. Any thing which is conserved; —a sweetmeat made of fruit, &c., prepared with sugar.

A sweetmeat made of the juices of fruit boiled with sugar.