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								fruit preserved by cooking with sugar 
 'conserve' - used as a verb
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								keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change
 Energy is conserved in this process
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								keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction
 children must be taught to conserve our national heritage
 The museum curator conserved the ancient manuscripts
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								use cautiously and frugally
 conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit
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								preserve with sugar
 Mom always conserved the strawberries we grew in the backyard
 
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			| 1. Conserve / Plural conserves
 2. Conserve / Past
 conserved
 3. Conserve / Third Person
 conserves
 4. Conserve / Present Participle
 conserving
 
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