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<p><b>2.</b> <def>A place for preserving anything from loss, decay, waste, or injury; particulary, a greenhouse for preserving exotic or tender plants.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A public place of instruction, designed to preserve and perfect the knowledge of some branch of science or art, esp. music.</def>

<h1>Conservatrix</h1> <Xpage=307>

<hw>Con`ser*va"trix</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>A woman who preserves from loss, injury, etc.</def>

<h1>Conserve</h1> <Xpage=307>

<hw>Con*serve"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p.p.</tt> <er>Conserved</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p.pr. & vb.n.</tt> <er>Conserving</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>conserver</ets>, L. <ets>conservare</ets>; <ets>con-</ets> + <ets>servare</ets> to keep, guard. See <er>Serve</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To keep in a safe or sound state; to save; to preserve; to protect.</def>

<blockquote>The amity which . . . they meant to <b>conserve</b> and maintain with the emperor. <i>Strype.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To prepare with sugar, etc., for the purpose of preservation, as fruits, etc.; to make a conserve of.</def>

<h1>Conserve</h1> <Xpage=307>

<hw>Con"serve</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>conserve</ets>, fr. <ets>conserver</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Anything which is conserved; especially, a sweetmeat prepared with sugar; a confection.</def>

<blockquote>I shall . . . study broths, plasters, and <b>conserves</b>, till from a fine lady I become a notable woman. <i>Tatler.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered vegetable substances mixed with finely powdered refined sugar. See <er>Confection</er>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A conservatory.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Evelyn.</i>

<h1>Conserver</h1> <Xpage=307>

<hw>Con*serv"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who conserves.</def>

<h1>Consider</h1> <Xpage=307>

<hw>Con*sid"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p.p.</tt> <er>Considered</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p.pr. & vb.n.</tt> <er>Considering</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>consid\'82rer</ets>, L. <ets>considerare</ets>, <ets>-sideratum</ets>, to consider, view attentively, prob. fr. <ets>con-</ets> + <ets>sidus</ets>, <ets>sideris</ets>, star, constellation; orig., therefore, to look at the stars. See <er>Sidereal</er>, and cf. <er>Desire</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to thank on with care; to ponder; to study; to meditate on.</def>

<blockquote>I will <b>consider</b> thy testimonies. <i>Ps. cxix. 95.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Thenceforth to speculations high or deep I turned my thoughts, and with capacious mind <b>Considered</b> all things visible. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To look at attentively; to observe; to examine.</def>

<blockquote>She <b>considereth</b> a field, and buyeth it. <i>Prov. xxxi. 16.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect.</def>

<blockquote><b>Consider</b>, sir, the chance of war: the day Was yours by accident. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>England could grow into a posture of being more united at home, and more <b>considered</b> abroad. <i>Sir W. Temple.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To estamate; to think; to regard; to view.</def>

<blockquote><b>Considered</b> as plays, his works are absurd. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; The proper sense of <i>consider</i> is often blended with an idea of the result of <i>considering</i>; as, "Blessed is he that <i>considereth</i> the poor."</note> <i>Ps. xli. 1. ;</i> <it>i.e.</it>, <i>considers</i> with sympathy and pity. "Which [services] if I have not enough <i>considered</i>." <i>Shak. ;</i>