conserve
verb (used with object)
to prevent injury, decay, waste, or loss of.
conserver
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a word derived from
conserve.
Example Sentences
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In making it so, Yale is only reverting to its old role as conserver.
From Time Magazine Archive
Washington was a prudent conserver but not a brilliant reformer.
From Time Magazine Archive
That doctrine not only leads to .propaganda; it neglects the major function of education as conserver and transmitter of a heritage.
From Time Magazine Archive
The university should not be the conserver of society, they argue, but the fountain of reform.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Redwood is not only a lover of moisture, but to an extent hardly to be believed, unless seen, a condenser and conserver of moisture.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons
