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preservation

Roget category 670

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
5.2. Prospective volition
›› 5.2.2. Subservience to ends

#670. Preservation

noun

preservationsafe-keepingconservation etc. (storage) 636maintenance, support, susteritation, conservatismvis conservatrixsalvation etc. (deliverance) 672.
[Means of preservation] prophylaxispreserver, preservative, additiveantibiotics, antifungals [Med.], biocidehygiastics, hygianticscover, druggetcordon sanitaire [Fr.]canningensilagetinned goods, canned goods.
[Superstitious remedies] snake oil, spider webs, cure-alllaetrilecharm etc. 993.

verb

preserve, maintain, keep, sustain, support, holdkeep up, keep aliverefrigerate, keep on icenot willingly let diebank upnursesave, rescuebe safe, make safe etc. 664take care of etc. (care) 459guard etc. (defend) 717.
stare super antiquas vias [Lat.] [Bacon]; hold one's ownhold one's ground, stand one's ground etc. (resist) 719.
embalm, cure, salt, pickle, season, kyanize, bottle, pot, tin, cansterilize, pasteurize, radiatedry, lyophilize [Chem], freeze-dry, concentrate, evaporatefreeze, quick-freeze, deep-freezehusband etc. (store) 636.

adjective

preserving etc. v. — conservativeprophylacticpreservatory, preservativehygienic.
preserved etc. v. — unimpaired, unbroken, uninjured, unhurt, unsinged, unmarredsafe, safe and soundintact, with a whole skin.

phrase

nolumus leges Angliae mutari [Lat.].

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