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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• preserve (v.):
    1. I. To save:
      1. 1. servo, 1 (to save in a time of danger): v. to save. More adequately expr. by comp. conservo, 1 (to keep in security): to p. and increase one's property, rem familiarem conservare, augere, Cic. Off. 2, 24, 87 (where servare could not stand): to p. a tree, as an omen of victory, arborem c., ut omen victoriae, Suet. Aug. 94, ad fin.: Liv.
      2. 2. tueor, 2: v. to defend, maintain. Join: tueri et conservare, Cic. Man. 5, 12. Phr.: to p. the allies in safety, socios salvos praestare, ib. 18, 55: to p. (hold, retain) life and reputation, vitam et famam obtinere, id. R. Am. 17, fin.: to p. (keep hold of) one's friends by treating them with respect, amicos observantia retinere, id. Quint. 18, fin.: so, amicos retinere servareque, Hor. S. 1, 1, 89.
    2. II. To conserve: condio, 4: to p. olives, oleas c., Cato R. R. 117, sqq.: Col. Mode of p.ing, condītura: Col. 12, 47, sqq.: fit for p.ing, condītivus: Col. 1, 59, init. (c. mala).