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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024res•cue /ˈrɛskyu/USA pronunciation v., -cued, -cu•ing, n. v. [~ + object] - to free from danger;
save from harm:a plan to rescue the hostages.
n. [countable] - the act of rescuing.
res•cu•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024res•cue (res′kyo̅o̅),USA pronunciation v., -cued, -cu•ing, n. v.t. - to free or deliver from confinement, violence, danger, or evil.
- Lawto liberate or take by forcible or illegal means from lawful custody.
n. - the act of rescuing.
- Latin excutere (ex- ex-1 + -cutere, combining form of quatere to shake); (noun, nominal) Middle English, derivative of the verb, verbal
- Old French rescourre, equivalent. to re- re- + escourre to shake, drive out, remove
- (verb, verbal) Middle English rescuen 1300–50
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged liberate, release, save, redeem, ransom, extricate, recover.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged liberation, deliverance, release, redemption, recovery.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: rescue /ˈrɛskjuː/ vb ( -cues, -cuing, -cued)(transitive)- to bring (someone or something) out of danger, attack, harm, etc; deliver or save
- to free (a person) from legal custody by force
- to seize (goods or property) by force
n - the act or an instance of rescuing
- (as modifier): a rescue party
- the forcible removal of a person from legal custody
- the forcible seizure of goods or property
Etymology: 14th Century: rescowen, from Old French rescourre, from re- + escourre to pull away, from Latin excutere to shake off, from quatere to shakeˈrescuer n |