All 12 Uses of
preserve
in
The Idiot
- The necessity of eating and drinking, that is to say, solely the instinct of self-preservation...†
Chpt 3.4preservation = the act of protecting something or keeping it as it is
- The instinct of self-preservation is the normal law of humanity...†
Chpt 3.4
- Is it possible that the whole normal law of humanity is contained in this sentiment of self-preservation?†
Chpt 3.4 *
- Yes, the laws of self-preservation and of self-destruction are equally powerful in this world.†
Chpt 3.4
- "Why are you so unhappy, mother?" asked Adelaida, who alone of all the company seemed to have preserved her good temper and spirits up to now.†
Chpt 1.7
- "Let him go on reading at all costs!" ordered Lizabetha Prokofievna, evidently preserving her composure by a desperate effort.†
Chpt 2.8
- And, well, Heaven preserve him, of course—but Evgenie gets his money, don't you see?†
Chpt 2.11
- This marvellous beauty they strive to preserve even in His moments of deepest agony and passion.†
Chpt 3.6
- Though the position of all of us at that time was not particularly brilliant, and the poverty was dreadful all round, yet the etiquette at court was strictly preserved, and the more strictly in proportion to the growth of the forebodings of disaster.†
Chpt 4.4
- We must let out Christ shine forth upon the Western nations, our Christ whom we have preserved intact, and whom they have never known.†
Chpt 4.7
- "If you wished to preserve your good name, why did you not give up your—your 'guardian,' Totski, without all that theatrical posturing?" said Aglaya, suddenly a propos of nothing.†
Chpt 4.8
- I have applied those words to him before, but now I add that God has preserved the babe himself from the abyss, He and all His saints.†
Chpt 4.10
Definitions:
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(1)
(preserve as in: preserve the records) to protect something or to keep it as it is
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(2)
(preserve as in: preserve the peaches) to prepare food in a way that keeps it from spoiling
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(3)
(preserve as in: a wildlife preserve) protected wildlife area
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(4)
(preserve as in: no longer a male preserve) something exclusive to (someone or some group) -- such as an activity or place
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(5)
(preserves as in: mom made preserves) chunks of fruit cooked with sugar (like jam) and sealed (usually in a mason jar) so it will not spoil
- (6) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)