conservate

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Definition of conservate

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

(dated, transitive)To conserve.

“The theory which was, and we believe is still maintained by the patentees, embraces the idea that the vitality of the animal is thus conservated and eventually conveyed to the plant per the Native Guano.”
“When Hoover's conservating pen / Cut down our steak and sausage ration / With one accord we cried "AMEN," / And meatlessness became the fashion.”

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verb

(dated, transitive)To conserve.

“The theory which was, and we believe is still maintained by the patentees, embraces the idea that the vitality of the animal is thus conservated and eventually conveyed to the plant per the Native Guano.”
“When Hoover's conservating pen / Cut down our steak and sausage ration / With one accord we cried "AMEN," / And meatlessness became the fashion.”
(intransitive, nonstandard)To practice conservation.

“I'm sorry, but if it's fun in any way it's not environmentalism. […] Let's conservate.”

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