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Reserve (v. t.) To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose.
Reserve (v. t.) Hence, to keep in store for future or special use; to withhold from present use for another purpose or time; to keep; to retain.
Reserve (v. t.) To make an exception of; to except.
Reserve (n.) The act of reserving, or keeping back; reservation.
Reserve (n.) That which is reserved, or kept back, as for future use.
Reserve (n.) That which is excepted; exception.
Reserve (n.) Restraint of freedom in words or actions; backwardness; caution in personal behavior.
Reserve (n.) A tract of land reserved, or set apart, for a particular purpose; as, the Connecticut Reserve in Ohio, originally set apart for the school fund of Connecticut; the Clergy Reserves in Canada, for the support of the clergy.
Reserve (n.) A body of troops in the rear of an army drawn up for battle, reserved to support the other lines as occasion may require; a force or body of troops kept for an exigency.
Reserve (n.) Funds kept on hand to meet liabilities.
Reserved (imp. & p. p.) of Reserve
Reserved (a.) Kept for future or special use, or for an exigency; as, reserved troops; a reserved seat in a theater.
Reserved (a.) Restrained from freedom in words or actions; backward, or cautious, in communicating one's thoughts and feelings; not free or frank.