To keep alive or in existance;make lasting.
Decayed
Preserved.
I was playing in my backyard when I found a preserved tooth from a dinosaur.
Other words for preserved are:savedsafeguardedcanneddriedsmokedretainedmaintainedkept
The word "fossil" comes from the Latin word "fossilis," which means "dug up." Fossil typically refers to the preserved remains or traces of ancient organisms found in rocks.
Grossly preserved means that to the naked eye, it looks intact.
in Old English it existed as a separate word "dom" meaning "judgement" or "sentence". it slightly preserved its past lexical meaning
destroyed
Wrecked, ravaged
decayed
unpreserved..
Decayed.