ppl. a. [f. CONSERVE v. + -ED.] Kept in safety, in existence, etc. (see the vb.); preserved.
1684. Ray, Corr. (1848), 138. The leaf you sent [is] a perfect one and well conserved.
1832. Carlyle, in Fraser’s Mag., V. 254. The concentrated or conserved essence of what men can speak and shew.
1880. T. Hardy, Trumpet-Major, 271. With the conserved hope of more than half a year.
b. Well conserved (= F. bien conservé): said of persons of advancing years who still retain much of the freshness and vigor of youth.
[1849. Thackeray, Pendennis, xiv. (1885), 125. I’m three years younger than you, and twice as well conservé.] Ibid. (1852), Esmond, II. iii. (1876), 176. She is pretty and well conserved.
