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res·cue (r

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tr.v. res·cued, res·cu·ing, res·cues

1. To set free, as from danger or imprisonment; save. See Synonyms at save¹.

2. Law To take from legal custody by force.

1. An act of rescuing; a deliverance.

2. Law Removal from legal custody by force.

[Middle English rescouen, from Old French rescourre : re-, re- + escourre, to shake (from Latin excutere : ex-, ex- + quatere, to shake; see kwt- in Indo-European roots).]

rescu·a·ble adj.

rescu·er n.

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