Sentence:  In order to be <WSD>saved</WSD> , plasticity had had to be isolated ; and as the aspect of the subject was transposed into those clusters of more or less interchangeable and contour obliterating facet-planes by which plasticity was isolated under the Cubist method , the subject itself became largely unrecognizable . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  to keep up and reserve for personal or special use