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reserved (adj.)

c. 1600, "guarded" (in manner), "averse to showing familiarity," past-participle adjective from reserve (v.). The meaning "set or kept apart for another or future purpose" is by 1610s; specifically of seats, tables, etc., "set aside for a future use," especially by a particular person, from 1858.

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reserve (v.)

mid-14c., "keep back or in store for future use;" late 14c., "keep as one's own," from Old French reserver "set aside, withhold" (12c.) and directly from Latin reservare "keep back, save up; retain, preserve," from re- "back" (see re-) + servare "to keep, save, preserve, protect" (from PIE root *ser- (1) "to protect"). Meaning "to book" is from 1935. Related: Reserved; reserving.

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Definitions of reserved

reserved (adj.)
set aside for the use of a particular person or party;
reserved (adj.)
marked by self-restraint and reticence; "was habitually reserved in speech, withholding her opinion"-Victoria Sackville-West;
From wordnet.princeton.edu

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