From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Save \Save\, n. [See Sage the herb.]
The herb sage, or salvia. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Save \Save\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Saved; p. pr. & vb. n.
Saving.] [OE. saven, sauven, salven, OF. salver, sauver, F.
sauver, L. salvare, fr. salvus saved, safe. See Safe, a.]
1. To make safe; to procure the safety of; to preserve from
injury, destruction, or evil of any kind; to rescue from
impending danger; as, to save a house from the flames.
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God save all this fair company. --Chaucer.
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He cried, saying, Lord, save me. --Matt. xiv.
30.
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Thou hast . . . quitted all to save
A world from utter loss. --Milton.
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2. (Theol.) Specifically, to deliver from sin and its
penalty; to rescue from a state of condemnation and
spiritual death, and bring into a state of spiritual life.
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Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.
--1 Tim. i.
15.
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3. To keep from being spent or lost; to secure from waste or
expenditure; to lay up; to reserve.
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Now save a nation, and now save a groat. --Pope.
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4. To rescue from something undesirable or hurtful; to
prevent from doing something; to spare.
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I'll save you
That labor, sir. All's now done. --Shak.
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5. To hinder from doing, suffering, or happening; to obviate
the necessity of; to prevent; to spare.
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Will you not speak to save a lady's blush? --Dryden.
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6. To hold possession or use of; to escape loss of.
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Just saving the tide, and putting in a stock of
merit. --Swift.
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To save appearances, to preserve a decent outside; to avoid
exposure of a discreditable state of things.
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Syn: To preserve; rescue; deliver; protect; spare; reserve;
prevent.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Save \Save\, v. i.
To avoid unnecessary expense or expenditure; to prevent
waste; to be economical.
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Brass ordnance saveth in the quantity of the material.
--Bacon.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Save \Save\, prep. or conj. [F. sauf, properly adj., safe. See
Safe, a.]
Except; excepting; not including; leaving out; deducting;
reserving; saving.
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Five times received I forty stripes save one. --2 Cor.
xi. 24.
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Syn: See Except.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Save \Save\, conj.
Except; unless.
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