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rescuerescue1 /ˈrɛskyu/ ●●○ verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYrescue1Origin: 1300-1400 Old French rescourre, from escourre to shake out, from Latin excutere VERB TABLErescue |
Present | I, you, we, they | rescue | | he, she, it | rescues | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | rescued | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have rescued | | he, she, it | has rescued | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had rescued | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will rescue | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have rescued |
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Present | I | am rescuing | | he, she, it | is rescuing | | you, we, they | are rescuing | Past | I, he, she, it | was rescuing | | you, we, they | were rescuing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been rescuing | | he, she, it | has been rescuing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been rescuing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be rescuing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been rescuing |
1 to save someone or something from a dangerous or unpleasant situation: Survivors were rescued by helicopter.rescue somebody/something from something She died trying to rescue her children from the blaze.2to prevent a business or plan from failing: The policy is designed to rescue failing businesses. [Origin: 1300–1400 Old French rescourre, from escourre to shake out, from Latin excutere]—rescuer noun [countable] |