All 5 Uses

preserve
in
The Iliad by Homer - (translated by: Edward)
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After a long conversation, these two heroes encounter; but AEneas is preserved by the assistance of Neptune.†
Chpt 2.19 *

preserved = protected or kept something as it was
To whom the monarch Agamemnon thus:
"Great need, my noble brother, have we both
Of sagest counsels, if we hope the Greeks
And Grecian ships from ruin to preserve,
Since turn'd against us is the mind of Jove.†
Chpt 2.10
She preserves the body of his friend from corruption, and commands him to assemble the army, to declare his resentment at an end.†
Chpt 2.18 *
She in Patroclus' nostrils, to preserve
His flesh, red nectar and ambrosia pour'd.†
Chpt 2.19
wouldst thou a mortal man,
Long doom'd by fate, again from death preserve?†
Chpt 2.22

Definitions:

(1) (preserve as in: preserve the records)
to protect something or to keep it as it is
(2) (preserve as in: preserve the peaches)
to prepare food in a way that keeps it from spoiling
(3) (preserve as in: a wildlife preserve)
protected wildlife area
(4) (preserve as in: no longer a male preserve)
something exclusive to (someone or some group) -- such as an activity or place
(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)