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Reserve \Re*serve"\ (r?-z?rv"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reserved}.
(z?rvd");p. pr. & vb. n. {Reserving}.] [F. r['e]server, L.
reservare, reservatum; pref. re- re- servare to keep. See
{Serve}.]
1. To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or
disclose. "I have reserved to myself nothing." --Shak.
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2. Hence, to keep in store for future or special use; to
withhold from present use for another purpose or time; to
keep; to retain; to make a reservation[7]. --Gen. xxvii.
35.

Note: In cases where one person or party makes a request to
an agent that some accommodation (such as a hotel room
or place at a restaurant) be kept (reserved) for their
use at a particular time, the word reserve applies both
to the action of the person making the request, and to
the action of the agent who takes the approproriate
action (such as a notation in a book of reservations)
to be certain that the accommodation is available at
that time.
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Hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, which I
have reserved against the time of trouble? --Job
xxxviii.
22,23.
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Reserve your kind looks and language for private
hours. --Swift.
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3. To make an exception of; to except. [R.]
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Reserved \Re*served"\ (-z?rvd"), a.
1. Kept for future or special use, or for an exigency; as,
reserved troops; a reserved seat in a theater.
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2. Restrained from freedom in words or actions; backward, or
cautious, in communicating one's thoughts and feelings;
not free or frank.
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To all obliging, yet reserved to all. --Walsh.
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Nothing reserved or sullen was to see. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster] -- {Re*serv"ed*ly} (r?-z?rv"?d-l?), adv. --
{Re*serv"ed*ness}, n.
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