PRESERVA'TION, noun The act of preserving or keeping safe; the act of keeping from injury, destruction or decay; as the preservation of life or health; the preservation of buildings from fire or decay; the preservation of grain from insects; the preservation of fruit or plants. When a thing is kept entirely from decay, or nearly in its original state, we say it is in a high state of preservation
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.