to preserve

Synonyms

save

Examples

Spouses must always strive to preserve their love throughout their life; they should sacrifice themselves for each other... If there is love there is sacrifice. Porphyrios of Kafsokalyvia

If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever. Thomas Aquinas

Doctors are always working to preserve our health and cooks to destroy it, but the latter are the more often successful. Denis Diderot

The way to preserve the peace of the church is to preserve its purity. Matthew Henry

Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputations, can never effect a reform. Chinese Proverb

To preserve friendship, one must build walls. Italian Proverb

Words in the phrase

to preserve

Close letter words and terms

to prepare to presage to present To press to prevaricate to prevent