n :  an obsolete medicinal preparation made by mixing undried vegetable drugs with sufficient powdered sugar to form a soft mass - compare CONFECTION 
, vt, con*served  con*serv*ing  :  to maintain (a quantity) constant during a process of chemical, physical, or evolutionary change <a DNA sequence that has been conserved>  .
 
 
 
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