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reserving
(encz) | reserving,rezervování n: Zdeněk Brož |
reserving
(encz) | reserving,rezervující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
reserving
(encz) | reserving,vyhrazování n: Zdeněk Brož |
reserving
(encz) | reserving,zamlouvání n: Zdeněk Brož |
Reserving
(gcide) | Reserve \Re*serve"\ (r?-z?rv"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reserved.
(z?rvd");p. pr. & vb. n. Reserving.] [F. r['e]server, L.
reservare, reservatum; pref. re- re- + servare to keep. See
Serve.]
1. To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or
disclose. "I have reserved to myself nothing." --Shak.
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2. Hence, to keep in store for future or special use; to
withhold from present use for another purpose or time; to
keep; to retain; to make a reservation[7]. --Gen. xxvii.
35.
Note: In cases where one person or party makes a request to
an agent that some accommodation (such as a hotel room
or place at a restaurant) be kept (reserved) for their
use at a particular time, the word reserve applies both
to the action of the person making the request, and to
the action of the agent who takes the approproriate
action (such as a notation in a book of reservations)
to be certain that the accommodation is available at
that time.
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Hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, which I
have reserved against the time of trouble? --Job
xxxviii.
22,23.
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Reserve your kind looks and language for private
hours. --Swift.
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3. To make an exception of; to except. [R.]
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preserving
(encz) | preserving,konzervování n: Zdeněk Brožpreserving,udržující adj: Zdeněk Brožpreserving,zachovávající adj: Zdeněk Brož |
reserving
(encz) | reserving,rezervování n: Zdeněk Brožreserving,rezervující adj: Zdeněk Brožreserving,vyhrazování n: Zdeněk Brožreserving,zamlouvání n: Zdeněk Brož |
Life-preserving
(gcide) | Life-preserver \Life"-pre*serv`er\
(l[imac]f"pr[-e]*z[~e]rv`[~e]r), n.
An apparatus, made in very various forms, and of various
materials, for saving one from drowning by buoying up the
body while in the water. -- Life"-pre*serv`ing, a.
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Preserving
(gcide) | Preserve \Pre*serve"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Preserved; p. pr. &
vb. n. Preserving.] [F. pr['e]server, from L. prae before +
servare to save, preserve; cf. L. praeservare to observe
beforehand. See Serve.]
1. To keep or save from injury or destruction; to guard or
defend from evil, harm, danger, etc.; to protect.
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O Lord, thou preserved man and beast. --Ps. xxxvi.
6.
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Now, good angels preserve the king. --Shak.
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2. To save from decay by the use of some preservative
substance, as sugar, salt, etc.; to season and prepare for
remaining in a good state, as fruits, meat, etc.; as, to
preserve peaches or grapes.
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You can not preserve it from tainting. --Shak.
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3. To maintain throughout; to keep intact; as, to preserve
appearances; to preserve silence.
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To preserve game, to protect it from extermination.
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Syn: To keep; save; secure; uphold; sustain; defend; spare;
protect; guard; shield. See Keep.
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compactness preserving
(foldoc) | compactness preserving
In domain theory, a function f is compactness
preserving if f c is compact whenever c is.
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