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res·cue 
[res-kyoo] Pronunciation Key verb, -cued, -cu·ing, noun
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[res-kyoo] Pronunciation Key verb, -cued, -cu·ing, noun –verb (used with object)
–noun
| 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. |
| 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.]
] —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
(rěs'kyōō) Pronunciation Key
tr.v. res·cued, res·cu·ing, res·cues
n.
[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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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
rescue
rescue
c.1300 (n. and v.), from stem of O.Fr. rescourre, from re-, intensive prefix, + escourre "to cast off, discharge," from L. excutere "to shake off, drive away," from ex- "out" + -cutere, combining form of quatere "to shake" (see quash).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| rescue | |
noun | |
| 1. | recovery or preservation from loss or danger; "work is the deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives" |
verb | |
| 1. | free from harm or evil |
| 2. | take forcibly from legal custody; "rescue prisoners" |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
U.S. Gazetteer - Cite This Source - Share This
Rescue, CA Zip code(s): 95672
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Rescue
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Rescue
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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