rescued

Variant of rescue

transitive verb rescued, rescuing

  1. to free or save from danger, imprisonment, evil, etc.
  2. Law to take (a person or thing) out of legal custody by force

Origin: ME rescuen < OFr rescourre < re-, again + escorre, to shake, move < L excutere, to shake off, drive away < ex-, off + quatere, to shake: see quash

noun

the act or an instance of rescuing; deliverance

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