'Reserving' definitions:

Definition of 'Reserving'

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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. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, which I have reserved against the time of trouble? --Job xxxviii. 22,23. [1913 Webster]
Reserve your kind looks and language for private hours. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
3. To make an exception of; to except. [R.] [1913 Webster]