See Also: rescue(medicine)
rescue(1)(dictionary)
rescue(2)(dictionary)
RESCUE, mar(law)
"Rescue" - Golf(gambling)
rescue work(medicine)
rescue 1, verb(dictionary)
rescue 2, noun(dictionary)

rescue(2) (iou)



rescue verb. ME.
[Old French rescoure, reskeure from Proto-Romance, formed as RE- + Latin excutere shake out, discard, formed as EX-1 + quatere shake.]
verb trans. Save or bring away from danger, privation, corruption, etc.; set free or deliver (a person) from attack, harm, or custody; liberate (a town etc.) from siege etc.; salvage (a thing). ME.
F. H. A. Scrivener Fragments rescued from the ruins. Guardian A war-time..organization which rescued thousands of..Jews. Liverpool Echo 17 days at sea..before he was rescued. B. Chatwin She..rescued other women from the tyranny of the corset. G. Daly Study of nature might rescue art from..artificiality.
verb trans. Law. Recover or take back (property) by force; liberate (a person) from legal custody by unlawful force. LME.
Bridge.
a. verb trans. Aid (a partner) with a rescue bid. E20.
b. verb intrans. Make a rescue bid. M20.
rescu'ee noun a person who is rescued M20.
rescuer noun M16.