单词 | conserver |
释义 | conservern. 1. a. A person who conserves (in senses of the verb); a preserver of something. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > [noun] > preservation from decay, loss, or destruction > one who or that which preserves from decay, etc. conserverc1443 conservator1660 c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 221 (MED) Þou lord, maker and conseruer of alle hem. 1534 U. von Hutten in tr. L. Valla Treat. Donation Syluester Pref. sig. Bvi The conseruer and mayntener of lyberte, that is to wyt, the prince or emperour of ye Romayns. 1562 W. Bullein Bk. Simples f. 79v, in Bulwarke of Defence The conseruers and kepers of health, should studie, [etc.]. 1690 W. Temple Ess. Anc. & Mod. Learning 9 in Miscellanea: 2nd Pt. A general Custom of the Priests in each Country..having been..the perpetual Conservers of Knowledg. 1730 A. Moncrieff Proper, True & Supreme Deity v. 74 The Son of God..is described as the Conserver as well as the Creator. 1842 R. W. Emerson Nature (1844) 94 We are..reformers in the morning, conservers at night. 1869 Contemp. Rev. 12 271 Obstructive Conservatives, or the Conservers of Death. 1939 Times 4 Sept. 4/4 It was our historical role..to be the conserver of energy for our allies on the Continent. 1980 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 14 Dec. vi. 40 Scholars have been for ages the..conservers of literary tradition. 2004 Church Times 4 June 15/5 Rewarding ‘conservers’, those who are imposing the least environmental burden. b. Something that conserves. ΚΠ 1557 R. Edgeworth Serm. very Fruitfull iv. f. cxxxiv Sobernesse is conseruer of frendship..& of peace, where dronkennes breaketh them. 1585 R. Greene Planetomachia sig. Bv Loue... is ye enemie to dissention,..the preseruer & conseruer of humane actions. 1647 T. May Hist. Parl. ii. iv. 61 Liberty..violated by that Court which is the onely defence and conserver of it. 1657 J. Sergeant Schism Dispach't 131 A Church..is to be a conserver of Faith. 1722 ‘E. Philalethes’ tr. H. de Longeville Long Livers xvi. 117 He proclaim'd her [sc. sobriety] the Support of Life, Conserver of Health. 1850 C. Mathews Chanticleer vii. 98 Such a sweet sympathy..is the only maker and conserver of churches and commonwealths. 1923 P. H. Houston Dr. Johnson iii. 57 The French Academy, bulwark of the classic spirit and the conserver of the purity of the French tongue. 1979 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 11 July A further reason to allow the domestic price of oil to rise is economics, as the market mechanism is the best conserver. 2007 Toronto Sun (Nexis) 19 July 22 All it would take is a new regulation designating them [sc. clotheslines] as important energy-conservers. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > constructed reservoir recluse1593 conservera1614 reserver1615 conservatory1626 tank1634 reservatory1666 reservoir1686 kund1837 impounding reservoir1875 catch basin1884 spring box1887 tank1898 a1614 J. Melville Autobiogr. & Diary (1842) 282 All thair Conservars and cisterns of water. ΚΠ 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. at cited word Conserver... A preparer of conserves. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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