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conservate

conservate verb: to conserve.

Verb

conservate (third-person singular simple present conservates, present participle conservating, simple past and past participle conservated)

  1. (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.1873, Van Nostrand's engineering magazine
    • When Hoover's conservating pen / Cut down our steak and sausage ration / With one accord we cried "AMEN," / And meatlessness became the fashion.1919, Frank Hunter Potter, The Naval Reserve
  2. (intransitive, nonstandard) To practice conservation.
    • I'm sorry, but if it's fun in any way it's not environmentalism. […] Let's conservate.2001 March, Matt Groening, “Birdbot of Ice-Catraz”, in Futurama, season 3, episode 37

Forms of conservate

third-person singular presentconservates
present participleconservating
past participleconservated
pastconservated

Origin of conservate

Back-formation from conservation.

Words formed from conservate

Questions about conservate

What does conservate mean?
Conservate means to conserve.
What part of speech is conservate?
Conservate is a verb.
What is the past tense of conservate?
The past tense of conservate is conservated.

Words near conservate in the dictionary

  1. conservaphobia
  2. conservatard
  3. conservatards
  4. conservatarian
  5. conservatarians
  6. conservate
  7. conservated
  8. conservatee
  9. conservatees
  10. conservates
  11. conservating

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