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noun
1.
shelter or protection from danger, trouble, etc.: to take refuge from a storm.
2.
a place of shelter, protection, or safety.
3.
anything to which one has recourse for aid, relief, or escape.
verb (used with object)
4.
Archaic. to afford refuge to.
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Refuge
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verb (used without object)
5.
Archaic. to take refuge.
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Word Origin & History
refuge
late 14c., from O.Fr. refuge, from L. refugium "a taking refuge, place to flee back to," from re- "back" + fugere "to flee" (see fugitive) + -ium "place for."
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