conservative 
Hl> | Vlfrcd'sl character was f that sterlr 
live kin. I lil.-h bases ii^cli "I"'" "M 'ads, lp|lt * 
new favtH as u reason for things. 
C. //. PfOmm, Karl) an. I Mill. Ages of Kng., xi. 
Specifically 3. In i>otities: (u) Antagonistic 
to change in tlm institutions of the country, 
civil or ecclesiastical; especially, opposed to 
change in I hi- direction of democracy. 
The slow progress which Sweden has made hi Intro- 
dilcliiK needful reforms is owim: to Ihr i-n/i* rnilire s|iint 
o( the nobility and the pridtfaood. 
/;. Tinilur. S.irthem Travel, xvin 
1207 
II. -; p}. conservatories (-T'y/.). [In the first 
sense directly from the adj. ; in the second and 
third senses, = P. conservatoire = Sp. Pg. It. 
i-iiiixrrriitorio, < Ml,. mniicrrutoriiim, lit. a ]>luc.- 
for keeping anything, a fish-pond; prop. neut. 
of *ciiiim:rriitoriun, adj.: see I., and cf. eonser- 
ni/iiirc.] If. A preservative. 
A coiuu'frniiirii uf life. Bacon. 
In Christ's law non coticupist'ea U . . . the conservatory 
anil thu last duty of c\ery commandment. 
Jer. Taylor, Uuctur Dubitantium, I. 414. 
Hence (6) [cap.] Of or pertaining to the Con- 2. A place for preserving or carefully keep- 
._. ii...'..,.:,,,,:,-,!,,..:, U.,,. T T 1 ',,.., ,,,,, i \ ,\ , , , , na t^rtTrt 1/tuu 1 1 ! "i v wnflf A ni* 
servatives or their principles. See II., 3. 
The result of this struggle was highly favourable to the 
fontrrnitirf parly. Macaulay. 
Conservative force. See font. Conservative sys- 
tem, i" iiK-fli., a systi'iii which always performs or eon- 
siniies the same amount of work in passing from one 
ui\, ii eoiitlKtiratioii to another, by whatever path or with 
whatever velocities it passes from one to the other. The 
doctrine of the conservation of em-ivy is that the universe 
is a conservative system. See enrrgy. 
When the nature of a material system is sueh that if, 
after the system lias undergone any series of changes, it is 
brought back in any manner toils original state, (and) the 
ing anything, as from loss, decay, waste, or 
injury; specifically, aud commonly, a green- 
house for preserving exotics and other tender 
plants. 3. A place of public instruction and 
training, designed to promote the study of some 
branch of science or art. Conservatories of music 
and declamation (to which the French name consena- 
toire is frequently applied, the most celebrated institu- 
tion of the kind being in Paris) have been maintained at 
the public expense In Italy, France, (Icrmany, and other 
European countries for two or three centuries ; and the 
name Is Riven to many private establishments in Great 
Uritain and America. 
whole work done by external agent* on the system is equal conservatrix (kon'ser-va-triks). M. [L.] Fem- 
to the whole work done by ttie system in overcoming ex- . , 
The conservative faculty, in i>*>iehol., the power of re- 
taining knowledge in the mind, though out of conscious- 
ness ; memory. 
II. . If. One who aims, or that which tends, 
to preserve from injury, decay, or loss; a pre- 
server or preservative. 
The Holy Spirit is the great conservative of the new life. 
Jer. Taylor, Confirmation, fol. 32. 
2. One who is opposed by nature or on princi- 
ple to innovation and change ; in an unfavor- 
able sense, one who from prejudice or lack of 
foresight is opposed to true progress. See 
radical. 
We see that If M. Diimont had died in 1799, he would 
have died, to use the new cant word, a decided conser- 
oatioe. Macaulay, Mirabeau, 
3. [cJ>.] In Great Britain, a Tory : a name first 
adopted by the Tory party about the time of the 
passing of the first Keform Bill ( 1832). The pro- 
fessed object of the Conservatives, as a political body, is 
to maintain and preserve by every constitutional means 
the existing Institutions of the country, both ecclesiastical 
and civil, aud to oppose such measures and changes as 
they lielieve have a tendency either to destroy or to im- 
pair these institutions. 
conserve (kon-serv'), t'. t. : pret. and pp. con- 
xi-n-fd, ppr. "conserving. [< ME. conserven = D. 
conserteren = G. conserviren = Dan. konservere, 
< OF. conserver, F. conserrer = Sp. Pg. con- 
servar = It. conservare, < L. conserrare, keep, 
retain, preserve, < com-, together, + sen-are, 
hold, keep. Cf. preserve, reserve, and see serve.'} 
1. To keep in a safe or sound state ; save ; pre- 
serve from loss, decay, waste, or injury ; defend 
from violation : as, to conserve bodies from per- 
ishing ; to conserre the peace of society. 
Whenne yee be sette, your knyf withe alle your wytte 
Vnto youre sylf bothe clene and sharpe conserve, 
That honestly yee mowe your own mete kerve. 
Bauets Book (E. E. T. 8.), p. 6. 
I charge upon you my authority, conserve the peace. 
B. Jonson, Bartholomew Fair, Iv. 3. 
When at last in a race, a new principle appears, an Idea 
that consenes it : ideas only save races. 
Emerson, Misc., p. 172. 
2. To preserve with sugar, etc., as fruits, roots, 
herbs, etc. ; prepare or make up as a sweet- 
meat. 
Variety also of dates, |>ears, and peaches, curiously con- 
served. Sir T. Herbert, Travels, p. 133. 
4. In U. S. hint., one of the group of Demo- conserve (kon'serv), n. [< ME. conserve = D. 
crats who, during Van Buren's administration, konserf = G. conserre = Dan. kons<"rver, pi., = 
voted with the Whigs against the Independent Sw. konserf, < OF. (and F.) conserve = Sp. Pg. It. 
consena (ML. conseri-a, a fish-pond) ; from the 
verb.] 1. That which is conserved; a sweet- 
meat ; a confection ; especially, in former use, 
a pharmaceutical confection. 
We . . . were invited into the apartments allotted for 
Treasury Bill. 
conservatively (kon-sfrr'va-tiv-li), adv. In a 
conservative manner, or in the manner of con- 
servatives ; as a conservative ; with conserva- 
tiveness. 
It is very conservatively English to make concession at 
the eleventh hour and ttfty-ninth minute; but the clock Is 
fast in Ireland. Philadelphia Leaner, Dec. 30, 1SS7. 
strangers, where we were entertained with consent of 
roses, a dram, and coffee, a young Maronite sheik being 
with us. Pococke, Description of the East, II. 1. 95. 
conservativeness(kon-ser'va-tiv-nes),n. Ten- 2f. A conservatory. 
dency to preserve or maintain ; conservatism. 
conservatoire (kon-ser-va-twor'), . [F., = Sp. 
Pg. It. foiixerratotio = G. conscrvatorium (>Dan. 
Iconserratoriiim), < ML. conservatorium : see con- 
servatory, .] An establishment for special in- 
struction, particularly in music and theatrical 
declamation aud training. See conservatory, 3. conserver (kon-ser'ver), n. 
Set the pots into your conserre, and keep them dry. 
Evelyn, Calendarlum Hortense. 
3f. A conserver ; that which conserves. 
The flrste which Is the conserve 
And keeper of the remenaunt. 
Goirer, Conf. Amant. 
1. One who con- 
conservator (kon'ser-va-tor), M. [= F. corner- serves, or Weps from loss, decay, or injury; 
nttrur = Sp. Pg. conserrador = It. conservatore, one who lays up for preservation. 
< L. conservator, < connerrare, pp. conserratus, 
keep: see conserve, t'.] 1. A preserver; one 
who or that which preserves from injury, vio- 
lation, or infraction: as, a conservator of the 
peace. See phrases below. 
i n cold ami moist consenatour HynUtone Is. 
PaUaditu, Husboiidrle (E. E. T. S.), p. 49. 
content of knowledge 
Sir W. Temple. 
Priests having been the . . 
and story. 
es or sweetmeats. 
, n. [< con- + session. 
, of sarnie sense.] A sitting to- 
stfar JGtttttW 
Specifically 2. A person appointed to super- One who sits with others. Bailey. 
intend idiots, lunatics, etc., manage their prop- consider (kon-sid'er), r. [< ME. consideren, < 
erty, ami preserve it from waste. [Connecticut.] OF cons iderer, F. fonsiderer = Pr. Sp. Pg. con- 
*"" = It- considerare, < L. considerare, look 
at closely, observe, consider, mediUte; orig., 
. 
conservatory (kon-ser'va-to-ri), . and . [= 
F. MHMMTOftrfrt = Sp. Pg. CIIHW rnitorio, < ML. 
'fiiiiKi'i-riitnr/Hx (cf. i-niixi ri'iit'/riiim, n. : see II.), 
< L. mufti'i-rntnx, pp. of nnixi'min; keep: see 
I'owxcnv, i-.] I. (i. Having the quality of pre- 
serving from loss, decay, or injury. 
To fix the mind upon, with a view to careful 
examination ; ponder ; study ; meditate upon ; 
think or reflect upon with care. 
Know, therefore, this day, and consider it in thine heart. 
I lent. iv. 39. 
Consider the lilies of the Held, how they grow. 
Mat. vi. 28. 
considerable 
Those who would amend .-\il la^ -huiild ". 
ratlin ]IM iniicli it may be afe to spare, than how much 
it may lie. possible to change. 
aacanlay, Cuiivcn-ation between Cowleyand Milton. 
Whoever cnnridert the flnal cause of the world, will dis- 
cern a multitude of use* that enter as puts Into that re- 
sult. ", Nature. 
2. To view attentively; observe and examine; 
scrutinize. 
TU a i icaut. < .us creature ; 
Anil to myself I do appear deform'd, 
When I cunintlrr her. 
Fletcher, Sea Voyage, 111. 1. 
"Conrider well," the voice replied, 
" His face, that two hours since hath died ; 
Wilt thou find passion, pain, or pride?" 
TennyttuH, Two Voice*. 
3. To pay attention to ; regard with care ; not 
to be negligent of. 
Blessed Is he that contidcreth the poor. Pi. xll. 1. 
Consider mine affliction, and deliver me. Ps. cxlx. 153. 
4. To regard with consideration or respect; 
hold in honor ; respect. 
England could grow into a posture of being more united 
at home, and more considereil abroad. 
Sir W. Temple, To the Lord Treasurer, Feb. 21, 1878. 
5. To take into view or account; allow for, 
or have regard to, in examination, or in form- 
ing an estimate: as, in adjusting accounts, 
services, time, and expense ought to be con- 
sidered. 
Conrider, sir, the chance of war. Shak. , Cymbellne, T. B. 
It astonish'd us to see what she haxl read and written, 
her youth considered. Evelyn, Diary, Sept. 17, 1678. 
When I draw any faulty Character, I consider all those 
Persons to whom the Malice of the World may possibly 
apply it. Additon, Spectator, No. 262. 
Hence 6. To requite or reward, particularly 
for gratuitous services. 
You that have worn your eyes almost out In the service, 
you will be coiuidered. Shak., M. for M., i. 2. 
7. To regard in a particular light ; conceive un- 
der a particular aspect ; judge to be ; esteem ; 
take for : as, I consider him a rascal. 
We are apt to deceive ourselves, and to conrider heaven 
a place like this earth : I mean, a place where every one 
may choose and take his own pleasure. 
J. II. Sevniian, Parochial Sermons, i. 3. 
Some may consider the human body as the habitation of 
a soul distinct and separable from it ; others may refuse 
to recognize any such distinction. 
J. R. Sreley, Nat. Religion, p. 43. 
= Syn. 1. Meditate upon. Reflect upon, etc. (see list under 
eanttmjilate.), weigh, revolve. 4. To respect, regard. 
n. intrans. 1. To think seriously, deliber- 
ately, or carefully ; reflect ; cogitate : sometimes 
with of. 
In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of ad- 
versity cotunder. Eccl. vll. 14. 
Logic coiuriderelh of many things as they are In notion. 
Bacon, Advancement of Learning, il. 148. 
Let us argue coolly, and conttider like men. 
Fletcher (and another), Love's Pilgrimage, U. 1. 
2f. To hesitate; stand suspended. [Bare.] 
The tears that stood considering hi her eyes. 
Uryden, Fables. 
Syn. 1. To ponder, deliberate, ruminate, cogitate. 
considerabilityt (kon-sid'er-a-bil'i-ti), n. [< 
considerable: see -ability.^ The quality of be- 
ing worthy of consideration ; capacity of being 
considered. [Rare.] 
There Is no considerability of any thing within me as 
from myself, but entirely owes Its being from his store, and 
cornea from the Almighty. 
AUestret, Sermons, i. 60 (Onl MS.). 
considerable (kqn-sid'er-a-bl), a. and n. [< F. 
considerable = $p. considerable = Pg. considera- 
vel = It. consMerabile, < ML. cotutiderabilis, < L. 
considerare, observe, attend to, consider: see 
consider."] I. n. If. That may be considered ; 
that is to be observed, remarked, or attended to. 
Times and days cannot have interest, nor be consider- 
able, because that which passes by them is eternal, and 
out of the measure of time. Donne, Letters, xxv. 
It is considerable, that some urns have had inscriptions 
on them, expressing that the lamps were burning. 
Willcins. 
2. Worthy of consideration ; worthy of regard 
or attention. [Archaic or obsolete.] 
But I am fallen into this discourse by accident ; of which 
I might say more, but it has proved longer than I intended, 
and possibly to you may not be considerable.. 
I. Walton, Complete Angler, p. 143. 
St. Denys is considerable only for Ite stately Cathedral, 
and the dormitory 1 of the French Kings. 
im. Diary. Nov. 12,1643. 
Though the damage he had done them had been one 
hundred times more than what he sustained from them. 
that Is not eviuidrraUr. in |x>int of a just war. 
H-,-,.11:,-;,.. Hist. New Kllglaild, I. SIS. 
3. Of distinction; deserving of notice; impor- 
tant. 
