Hypertext Webster Gateway: "rescued"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
rescued
adj : delivered from danger [syn: {reclaimed}]
Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents;
see the Webster Gateway FAQ,
and also the Back-end/database links and credits.