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res·cue

Audio Help [res-kyoo] Pronunciation Key verb, -cued, -cu·ing, noun

–verb (used with object)

1.	to free or deliver from confinement, violence, danger, or evil.

2.	Law. to liberate or take by forcible or illegal means from lawful custody.

–noun

3.	the act of rescuing.

[Origin: 1300–50; (v.) ME rescuen < OF rescourre, equiv. to re- re- + escourre to shake, drive out, remove < L excutere (ex- ex-¹ + -cutere, comb. form of quatere to shake); (n.) ME, deriv. of the v.

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—Related forms

res·cu·a·ble, adjective

res·cue·less, adjective

res·cu·er, noun

—Synonyms 1. liberate, release, save, redeem, ransom, extricate, recover. 3. liberation, deliverance, release, redemption, recovery.

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res·cue Audio Help (rěs'kyōō) Pronunciation Key
tr.v. res·cued, res·cu·ing, res·cues

To set free, as from danger or imprisonment; save. See Synonyms at save¹.
Law To take from legal custody by force.

An act of rescuing; a deliverance.
Law Removal from legal custody by force.

[Middle English rescouen, from Old French rescourre : re-, re- + escourre, to shake (from Latin excutere : ex-, ex- + quatere, to shake; see kwēt- in Indo-European roots).]

res'cu·a·ble adj., res'cu·er n.

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