All 9 Uses
preserve
in
Alias Grace
(Edited)
- We must all pray to have our sanity preserved; but I have grave doubts concerning your future prospects, should your proposed course of action be pursued.
Chpt 4 *preserved = protected
- The skull may have been preserved, but surely not the entire head!
Chpt 4preserved = kept as it was
- My Aunt Pauline had given my mother three lemons, worth their weight in gold, as she said it was well known they were good against the scurvy; and these I carefully preserved in case of need.
Chpt 5preserved = kept
- In his student days, he used to argue that if a woman has no other course open to her but starvation, prostitution, or throwing herself from a bridge, then surely the prostitute, who has shown the most tenacious instinct for self-preservation, should be considered stronger and saner than her frailer and no longer living sisters.
Chpt 9preservation = protection
- Samantha says that her strawberry preserves, which you loved so much as a Boy, continue as good as ever, and you should hurry back for a taste of them, before she "crosses over the river," as she puts it;
Chpt 11 *preserves = fruit cooked with sugar (like jam)
- If Grace is in love with him, she has preserved the secret extremely well.
Chpt 12preserved = protected
- He knows this is a dangerous state of mind: he must preserve his objectivity.
Chpt 13preserve = keep
- My return to your city in future is most unlikely; but I will always preserve the memories of my days in Kingston — memories of which you form an esteemed part.
Chpt 14
- It is as well to take all steps to preserve that reputation, by not spreading one's misery abroad where it may become the subject of malicious gossip; and to that end, it is wise to avoid the expression of one's feelings in letters, which must run the gauntlet of the public posts, and may fall into the hands of persons who may be tempted to read them unbeknownst to the sender.
Chpt 14preserve = protect
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)