About The Word Rescue
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Rescue
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What's The Definition Of Rescue?
[n] recovery or preservation from loss or danger; "work is the deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives"
[v] take forcibly from legal custody, as of prisoners [v] free from harm or evil Synonyms | Synonyms for Rescue: deliver | deliverance | delivery | saving Related Terms | Find terms related to Rescue: See Also | bring through | carry through | lifesaving | pull through | reclamation | recovery | redemption | reformation | relieve | reprieve | retrieval | salvage | salvage | salvation | salve | save | search and rescue mission | take Rescue In Webster's Dictionary \Res"cue\ (r?s"k?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rescued}
(-k?d);p. pr. & vb. n. {Rescuing}.] [OE. rescopuen, OF.
rescourre, rescurre, rescorre; L. pref. re- re- + excutere to
shake or drive out; ex out + quatere to shake. See {Qtash} to
crush, {Rercussion}.]
To free or deliver from any confinement, violence, danger, or
evil; to liberate from actual restraint; to remove or
withdraw from a state of exposure to evil; as, to rescue a
prisoner from the enemy; to rescue seamen from destruction.
Had I been seized by a hungry lion, I would have been a
breakfast to the best, Rather than have false Proteus
rescue me. --Shak.
Syn: To retake; recapture; free; deliver; liberate; release;
save.
\Res"cue\ (r?s"k?), n. [From {Rescue}, v.; cf. {Rescous}.] 1. The act of rescuing; deliverance from restraint, violence, or danger; liberation. Spur to the rescue of the noble Talbot. --Shak. 2. (Law) (a) The forcible retaking, or taking away, against law, of things lawfully distrained. (b) The forcible liberation of a person from an arrest or imprisonment. (c) The retaking by a party captured of a prize made by the enemy. --Bouvier. The rescue of a prisoner from the court is punished with perpetual imprisonment and forfeiture of goods. --Blackstone. {Rescue grass}. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.) A tall grass ({Ceratochloa unioloides}) somewhat resembling chess, cultivated for hay and forage in the Southern States. |
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