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Rescue

Rescue Definition And Meaning
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.

Rescue Definition And Meaning

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:

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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