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Webster 1913 Edition
Save
Save
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Saved
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Saving
.] [OE. ]
saven
, sauven
, salven
, OF. salver
, sauver
, F. sauver
, L. salvare
, fr. salvus
saved, safe. See Safe
, Adj.
1.
To make safe; to procure the safety of; to preserve from injury, destruction, or evil of any kind; to rescue from impending danger;
as, to
. save
a house from the flamesGod
save
all this fair company. Chaucer.
He cried, saying, Lord,
save
me. Matt. xiv. 30.
Thou hast . . . quitted all to
A world from utter loss.
save
A world from utter loss.
Milton.
2.
(Theol.)
Specifically, to deliver from sin and its penalty; to rescue from a state of condemnation and spiritual death, and bring into a state of spiritual life.
Christ Jesus came into the world to
save
sinners. 1 Tim. i. 15.
3.
To keep from being spent or lost; to secure from waste or expenditure; to lay up; to reserve.
Now save a nation, and now
save
a groat. Pope.
4.
To rescue from something undesirable or hurtful; to prevent from doing something; to spare.
I’ll
That labor, sir. All's now done.
save
youThat labor, sir. All's now done.
Shakespeare
5.
To hinder from doing, suffering, or happening; to obviate the necessity of; to prevent; to spare.
Will you not speak to
save
a lady's blush? Dryden.
6.
To hold possession or use of; to escape loss of.
Just
saving
the tide, and putting in a stock of merit. Swift.
To save appearances
, to preserve a decent outside; to avoid exposure of a discreditable state of things.
Syn. – To preserve; rescue; deliver; protect; spare; reserve; prevent.
Save
,Verb.
I.
To avoid unnecessary expense or expenditure; to prevent waste; to be economical.
Brass ordnance
saveth
in the quantity of the material. Bacon.
Save
,c
onj.
Except; unless.
Webster 1828 Edition
Save
SAVE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To preserve from injury, destruction or evil of any kind; to rescue from danger; as, to save a house from the flames; to save a man from drowning; to save a family from ruin; to save a state from war.He cried, saying Lord, save me. Matt 14. Gen. 45.
2.
To preserve from final and everlasting destruction; to rescue from eternal death.Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. 1Tim. 1.
3.
To deliver; to rescue from the power and pollution of sin.He shall save his people from their sins. Matt. 1.
4.
To hinder from being spent or lost; as, to save the expense of a new garment. Order in all affairs saves time.5.
To prevent. method in affairs saves much perplexity.6.
To reserve or lay by for preservation.Now save a nation, and now save a groat.
7.
To spare; to prevent; to hinder from occurrence.Will you not speak to save a lady's blush?
Silent and unobserv'd, to save his tears.
8.
To salve; as, to save appearances.9.
To take or use opportunely, so as not to lose. The ship sailed in time to save the tide.10.
To except; to reserve from a general admission or account.Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only. Josh. 11.
Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes, save one. 2Cor. 11.
[Save is here a verb followed by an object. It is the imperative used without a specific nominative; but it is now less frequently used than except.]
SAVE
,Verb.
I.
Brass ordinance saveth in the quantity of the material.