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rescue

N การ ช่วยชีวิต การ ช่วยเหลือ aid salvage abandonment loss kan-chue-che-wid

rescue

VT ช่วยชีวิต ช่วยเหลือ save salvage abandon chue-che-wid

rescue from

PHRV ช่วยเหลือ จาก กู้ สถานการณ์ จาก save from chue-luwa-jak

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RESCUE

v.t.res'cu. [L. re and quatio.] To free or deliver from any confinement, violence, danger or evil; to liberate from actual restraint, or to remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil; as, to rescue a prisoner from an officer; to rescue seamen from destruction by shipwreck.
So the people rescued Jonathan that he died not. 1 Samuel 14:45; 1 Samuel 3 :18; Psalm 35:17.
Cattle taken by distress contrary to law, may be rescued by the owner, while on their way to the pound.
Estimate the value of one soul rescued from eternal guilt and agony, and destined to grow forever in the knowledge and likeness of God.

RESCUE

n.[See the Verb. ] 1. Deliverance from restraint, violence or danger, by force or by the interference of an agent.
2. In law, rescue or rescous, the forcible retaking of a lawful distress from the distrainor, or from the custody of the law; also, the forcible liberation of a defendant from the custody of the officer, in which cases, the remedy is by writ of rescous. But when the distress is unlawfully taken, the owner may lawfully make rescue.
The rescue of a prisoner from the court, is punished with perpetual imprisonment and forfeiture of goods.

RESCUED

pp. Delivered from confinement or danger; or forcibly taken from the custody of the law.

RESCUER

n.One that rescues or retakes.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RESCUE

Res "cue (rs "k ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rescued (-kd );p. pr. & vb. n.Rescuing. ] Etym: [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.]

Defn: 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.

RESCUE

Res "cue (rs "k ), n. Etym: [From Rescue, v.; cf. Rescous. ]

1. The act of rescuing; deliverance from restraint, violence, or danger; liberation. Spur to the rescue of the noble Talbot. Shak.

2. (Law ) (a ) The forcible retaking, or taking away, against law, of things lawfully distrained. (b ) The forcible liberation of a person from an arrest or imprisonment. (c ) The retaking by a party captured of a prize made by the enemy. Bouvier. The rescue of a prisoner from the court is punished with perpetual imprisonment and forfeiture of goods. Blackstone. Rescue grass. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain. ] (Bot. ) A tall grass (Ceratochloa unioloides ) somewhat resembling chess, cultivated for hay and forage in the Southern States.

RESCUELESS

RESCUELESS Res "cue *less, a.

Defn: Without rescue or release.

RESCUER

RESCUER Res "cu *er (-k-r ), n.

Defn: One who rescues.

New American Oxford Dictionary

rescue

res cue |ˈreskyo͞o ˈrɛskju | ▶verb ( rescues, rescuing , rescued ) [ with obj. ] save (someone ) from a dangerous or distressing situation: firemen were called out to rescue a man trapped in the river. • informal keep from being lost or abandoned; retrieve: he got out of his chair to rescue his cup of coffee. ▶noun an act of saving or being saved from danger or distress: he came to our rescue with a loan of $100. • [ as modifier ] denoting the emergency excavation of archaeological sites threatened by imminent building or road development. DERIVATIVES res cu a ble adjective, res cu er noun ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French rescoure, from Latin re- (expressing intensive force ) + excutere ‘shake out, discard. ’

rescue bid

res ¦cue bid ▶noun 1 an attempt to save someone or something from a dangerous or precarious situation: Essex University may launch a rescue bid to save the Palace Theatre. 2 Bridge a bid intended to get one's partner out of a contract which could not be made.

Oxford Dictionary

rescue

res ¦cue |ˈrɛskjuː | ▶verb ( rescues, rescuing, rescued ) [ with obj. ] save (someone ) from a dangerous or difficult situation: firemen rescued a man trapped in the river. • informal keep from being lost or abandoned; retrieve: he got out of his chair to rescue his cup of coffee. ▶noun an act of saving or being saved from danger or difficulty: he came to our rescue with a loan of £100. DERIVATIVES rescuable adjective, rescuer noun ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French rescoure from Latin re- (expressing intensive force ) + excutere ‘shake out, discard ’.

rescue bid

res ¦cue bid ▶noun 1 an attempt to save someone or something from a dangerous or precarious situation: Essex University may launch a rescue bid to save the Palace Theatre. 2 Bridge a bid intended to get one's partner out of a contract which could not be made.

American Oxford Thesaurus

rescue

rescue verb 1 an attempt to rescue the hostages: save, save from danger, save the life of, come to the aid of; free, set free, release, liberate. 2 Boyd rescued his papers: retrieve, recover, salvage, get back. ▶noun the rescue of 10 crewmen: saving, rescuing; release, freeing, liberation, bailout, deliverance, redemption. PHRASES come to someone's rescue we were stuck in the elevator until Marty came to our rescue: help, assist, lend a helping hand to, lend a hand to, bail out; informal save someone's bacon, save someone's neck, save someone's skin.

Oxford Thesaurus

rescue

rescue verb 1 an attempt was made to rescue the hostages: save, save from danger, save the life of, come to the aid of; set free, free, release, liberate, extricate, get someone out; deliver, redeem, ransom, emancipate, relieve; bail someone out; Nautical bring someone off; informal save someone's bacon, save someone's neck, save someone's skin. ANTONYMS endanger, jeopardize; imprison; abandon. 2 Boyd bent hastily to rescue his papers: retrieve, recover, salvage, get back; pick up, gather up, scoop up. ▶noun the rescue of 10 crewmen from a ship which had run aground on the Shetland Isles: saving, rescuing; release, freeing, liberation, extrication; deliverance, delivery, redemption, ransom, emancipation, relief. PHRASES come to someone's rescue help, assist, aid, lend a helping hand to, lend a hand to, bail out; be someone's knight in shining armour; informal save someone's bacon, save someone's neck, save someone's skin, get someone out of a tight spot.

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

rescue

res cue /réskjuː /〖re (元へ )scue (振り払う )〗動詞～s /-z /; ～d /-d /; -cuing 他動詞 1 〈人が〉【危険破滅束縛などから】〈人物〉を救う , 助け出す , 救助 [解放 ]する ;〈会社〉を救済する «from » ▸ She was rescued from the burning building .彼女はその燃えているビルから救出された 2 〘法〙〈人が〉〈囚人〉を脱走させる , 連れ出す ; 〈物〉を奪い返す .名詞複～s /-z /1 U (危険破滅束縛などからの )救助 , 救出 , 救済 , 解放 (!具体例ではa ～/～s; その際しばしば修飾語を伴う ) ; 〖形容詞的に〗救助 [救援 ]の (ための )▸ a (search and ) rescue operation (捜索 )救助活動 ▸ a rescue team [worker ]救助作業チーム [員 ]▸ on a rescue mission 救助任務について 2 U 〖具体例では可算〗〘法〙(囚人の )脱走 ; (物の )不法奪回 .c ò me [g ò ] to the [A's ] r é scue (危険に直面している )A 〈人〉の救助に行く ; (困難を抱えた )A 〈人〉を助ける .～́ r è medy ｟英｠鎮静剤〘花から採った油〙.

rescuer

res cu er /réskju (ː )ə r /名詞 C 救助 [救出 ]者 .