Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - rescue
Rescue
rescue
v. & n. --v.tr. (rescues, rescued, rescuing) 1 (often foll. by from) save or set free or bring away from attack, custody, danger, or harm. 2 Law a unlawfully liberate (a person). b forcibly recover (property). --n. the act or an instance of rescuing or being rescued; deliverance. Phrases and idioms rescue bid Bridge a bid made to get one's partner out of a difficult situation. Derivatives rescuable adj. rescuer n. Etymology: ME rescowe f. OF rescoure f. Rmc, formed as RE- + L excutere (as EX-(1), quatere shake)
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transitive verb (~d; rescuing) Etymology: Middle English rescouen, ~n, from Anglo-French rescure, from re+ escure to shake off, from Latin excutere, from ex+ quatere to shake Date: 14th century to free from confinement, danger, or evil ; save, deliver: as, to take (as a prisoner) forcibly from custody, to recover (as a prize) by force, to deliver (as a place under siege) by armed force, rescuable adjective ~ noun ~r noun Synonyms: see: ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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