To keep in a safe or sound state; save; preserve from loss, decay, waste, or injury; defend from violation: as, to conserve bodies from perishing; to conserve the peace of society.To preserve with sugar, etc., as fruits, roots, herbs, etc.; prepare or make up as a sweetmeat.n. That which is conserved; a sweetmeat; a confection; especially, in former use, a pharmaceutical confection.n. . A conservatory.n. Aconserver; that which conserves.