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• rescue — verb (rescues, rescuing, rescued) save from a dangerous or distressing situation. noun an act of rescuing or being rescued. Derivatives rescuable adjective rescuer noun Origin ME: from OFr. rescoure from L. re (expressing intensive force) +… …   English new terms dictionary

• rescue — /ˈrɛskju / (say reskyooh) verb (t) (rescued, rescuing) 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. {Middle English… …  

• rescuable — rescue ► VERB (rescues, rescued, rescuing) ▪ save from a dangerous or distressing situation. ► NOUN ▪ an act of rescuing or being rescued. DERIVATIVES rescuable adjective rescuer noun …   English terms dictionary

• rescue — ► VERB (rescues, rescued, rescuing) ▪ save from a dangerous or distressing situation. ► NOUN ▪ an act of rescuing or being rescued. DERIVATIVES rescuable adjective rescuer noun …   English terms dictionary

• rescuer — rescue ► VERB (rescues, rescued, rescuing) ▪ save from a dangerous or distressing situation. ► NOUN ▪ an act of rescuing or being rescued. DERIVATIVES rescuable adjective rescuer noun …   English terms dictionary

• rescue — v. & n. v.tr. (rescues, rescued, rescuing) 1 (often foll. by from) save or set free or bring away from attack, custody, danger, or harm. 2 Law a unlawfully liberate (a person). b forcibly recover (property). n. the act or an instance of rescuing… …   Useful english dictionary