conservatev.
/ˈkɒnsəːveɪt/, U.S. /ˈkɑnsərˌveɪt/ rare.
transitive. To conserve, preserve.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > maintaining state or condition > maintain [verb (transitive)]
i-haldOE
sustainc1300
keepc1315
maintainc1390
conservea1425
continuec1460
entertain1490
persevere1502
uphold?1523
containa1538
petrifya1631
conservate1647
to keep on1669
to keep up1670
preserve1677
support1696
fix1712
ossify1800
fossilize1848
the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > preserve from injury or destruction [verb (transitive)] > preserve in existence or maintain > institutions or conditions
conservec1405
conservate1853
conservatize1864
1647 R. Baron Εροτοπαιγνιον i. 13 Retention, if you had a window into my memory, you might espie there safely stored up, and conservated, to preserve it from mouldring away.
1663 G. Harvey Archelogia Philosophica Nova I. Contents, sig. b4 A Nature cannot be conservated by God without Subsistence.
1848 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 15 829 Ideas conservated by tradition, by time, by custom.
1853 Polit. Examiner (London) 17 Sept. (Electronic text) The Sultan was reduced to the secondary and subordinate part of conservating the immunities and privileges which the Emperor..had..been anxiously solicitous to maintain.
1981 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 2 Dec. Mrs. Krasuski's job is conservating textiles for the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto.
1992 Daily Tel. 15 Aug. 2/7 All the profit is ploughed straight back into conservating the property.
Derivatives
ˈconservating adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > maintaining state or condition > [adjective]
conserving1584
conservating1663
the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > [adjective] > preserving in being or maintaining > specific institutions or conditions
conserving1584
conservant1588
conservating1663
1663 G. Harvey Archelogia Philosophica Nova I. Contents sig. b4 An Efficient is erroneously divided in a procreating and conservating Cause.
1845 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 30 Dec. (Electronic text) He has..spread very generally throughout the country a conservating knowledge of their value as articles of virtu.
1875 Wonders Physical World i. ii. 49 The conservating will of the Creator.
2001 S. Roaf et al. Ecohouse (2002) 292 The Meir House..was designed as a prototype towards creating an energy-conservating urban building code.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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