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Webster 1913 Edition

Rescue

Res′cue

(rĕs′kū̍)
,
Verb.
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.
Shakespeare
Syn. – To retake; recapture; free; deliver; liberate; release; save.

Res′cue

(rĕs′kū̍)
,
Noun.
[From
Rescue
,
Verb.
; cf.
Rescous
.]
1.
The act of rescuing; deliverance from restraint, violence, or danger; liberation.
Spur to the
rescue
of the noble Talbot.
Shakespeare
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
.
[Etymol. uncertain.]
(Bot.)
A tall grass (
Ceratochloa unioloides
) somewhat resembling chess, cultivated for hay and forage in the Southern States.

Webster 1828 Edition

Rescue

RESCUE

,
Verb.
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.
1Sam. 14. 30. Ps. 35.
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.

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