RESCUE

rescue. Rescue, v.t. deliver by force, free, save

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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.