Reserve

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I. transitive verb (reserved; reserving)

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French reserver, from Latin reservare, literally, to keep back, from re- + servare to keep — more at conserve
Date: 14th century
1.
- a. to hold in reserve ; keep back <reserve grain for seed>
- b. to set aside (part of the consecrated elements) at the Eucharist for future use
- c. to retain or hold over to a future time or place ; defer <reserve one's judgment on a plan>
- d. to make legal reservation of
2. to set or have set aside or apart <reserve a hotel room>
Synonyms: see keep
? reservable adjective

II. noun

Usage: often attributive
Date: 1648
1. something reserved or set aside for a particular purpose, use, or reason: as
- a.
  - (1) a military force withheld from action for later decisive use — usually used in plural
  - (2) forces not in the field but available
  - (3) the military forces of a country not part of the regular services; also reservist
- b. a tract (as of public land) set apart ; reservation
2. something stored or kept available for future use or need ; stock
3. an act of reserving ; qualification
4.
- a. restraint, closeness, or caution in one's words and actions
- b. forbearance from making a full explanation, complete disclosure, or free expression of one's mind
5. archaic secret
6.
- a. money or its equivalent kept in hand or set apart usually to meet liabilities
- b. the liquid resources of a nation for meeting international payments
7. substitute
8. reserve price
9. a wine made from select grapes, bottled on the maker's premises, and aged differently from the maker's other wines of the same vintage