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Webster 1913 Edition
Refuge
Ref′uge
(r?f′?j)
, Noun.
1.
Shelter or protection from danger or distress.
Rocks, dens, and caves! But I in none of these
Find place or
Find place or
refuge
. Milton.
We might have a strong consolation, who have fled for
refuge
to lay hold upon the hope set before us. Heb. vi. 18.
2.
That which shelters or protects from danger, or from distress or calamity; a stronghold which protects by its strength, or a sanctuary which secures safety by its sacredness; a place inaccessible to an enemy.
The high hills are a
refuge
r the wild goats. Ps. civ. 18.
The Lord also will be a
refuge
for the oppressed. Ps. ix. 9.
3.
An expedient to secure protection or defense; a device or contrivance.
Their latest
Was to send him.
refuge
Was to send him.
Shakespeare
Light must be supplied, among graceful
refuges
, by terracing [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] story in danger of darkness. Sir H. Wotton.
Cities of refuge
(Jewish Antiq.)
, certain cities appointed as places of safe refuge for persons who had committed homicide without design. Of these there were three on each side of Jordan.
Josh. xx.
– House of refuge
, a charitable institution for giving shelter and protection to the homeless, destitute, or tempted.
Syn. – Shelter; asylum; retreat; covert.
Ref′uge
(r?f′?j)
, Verb.
T.
To shelter; to protect.
[Obs.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Refuge
REF'UGE
,Noun.
1.
Shelter or protection from danger or distress.- Rocks, dens and caves, but I in none of these find place or refuge.
We have made lies our refuge. Is. 28.
- We might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before us. Heb. 6.
2.
That which shelters or protects from danger, distress or calamity; a strong hold which protects by its strength, or a sanctuary which secures safety by its sacredness; any place inaccessible to an enemy.The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats. Ps. 104.
The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed. Ps. 9.
3.
An expedient to secure protection or defense.This last old man - their latest refuge was to send to him.
4.
Expedient, in general.Light must be supplied, among graceful refuges, by terracing any story in danger of darkness.
Cities of refuge, among the Israelites, certain cities appointed to secure the safety of such persons as might commit homicide without design. Of these there were three on each side of Jordan. Josh. 20.
REF'UGE
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
refuge
refuge
English
Noun
refuge (plural refuges)
- A state of safety, protection or shelter.
- Milton
- Rocks, dens, and caves! But I in none of these / Find place or refuge.
- Milton
- A place providing safety, protection or shelter.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 4, in The Celebrity:
- One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.
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- Something or someone turned to for safety or assistance; a recourse or resort.
- 2011 December 21, Helen Pidd, “Europeans migrate south as continent drifts deeper into crisis”, in the Guardian:
- Since its conception, the European Union has been a haven for those seeking refuge from war, persecution and poverty in other parts of the world.
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- An expedient to secure protection or defence.
- Shakespeare
- Their latest refuge / Was to send him.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir H. Wotton to this entry?)
- Shakespeare
- A refuge island.
Synonyms
Translations
state of safety, protection or shelter
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place providing safety, protection or shelter
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something or someone turned to for safety or assistance
refuge island — see refuge island
Derived terms
Verb
refuge (third-person singular simple present refuges, present participle refuging, simple past and past participle refuged)
- (intransitive) To return to a place of shelter.
- 2011, Michael D. Gumert, Agustín Fuentes, Lisa Jones-Engel, Monkeys on the Edge
- Among these macaques, although activity cycles are quite variable from location to location, refuging is a common characteristic.
- 2011, Michael D. Gumert, Agustín Fuentes, Lisa Jones-Engel, Monkeys on the Edge
- (transitive, obsolete) To shelter; to protect.
Translations
to return to a place of shelter
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to protect
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