| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
| Class V. Words Releasing to the Voluntary Powers |
| Division (I) Individual Volition |
| Section II. Prospective Volition |
| 3. Contingent Subservience |
| 670. Preservation. |
| NOUN: | PRESERVATION; safe-keeping; conservation (storage) [See Store]; maintenance, support, sustentation [rare], conservatism; economy; vis conervatrix [L.]; salvation (deliverance) [See Deliverance]. [MEANS OF PRESERVATION] prophylaxis; preserver, preservative; hygiastics, hygiantics [both rare]; hygiene, hygienics; cover, drugget; cordon sanitaire [F.]; ensilage; dehydration, anhydration, evaporation; drying, putting up, canning, pickling; tinned goods [chiefly Brit.], canned goods; kyanization. [SUPERSTITIOUS REMEDIES] charm [See Spell]. |
| VERB: | PRESERVE, maintain, keep, sustain, support; keep -up, - alive; not willingly let die; nurse; cure (restore) [See Restoration]; save, rescue; be -, make- safe [See Safety]; take care of (care) [See Care]; guard (defend) [See Defense]; bank, bank up, shore up. embalm, dry, cure, salt, pickle, season, kyanize, bottle, pot, tin [chiefly Brit.], can; dehydrate, anhydrate, evaporate; husband (store) [See Store]. HOLD ONE’S OWN; stare super antiquas vias [Bacon]; hold -, stand- one’s ground (resist) [See Resistance]. |
| ADJECTIVE: | PRESERVING &c. v.; conservative; prophylactic; preservatory, preservative; hygienic. PRESERVED &c. v.; unimpaired, unbroken, uninjured, unhurt, unsinged, unmarred; safe, - and sound; intact, with a whole skin, without a scratch. |
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