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verb

Save v. t. (past & past part. saved; pres. part. saving)

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 flames. "God save all this fair company." "He cried, saying, Lord, save me." "Thou hast... quitted all to save A world from utter loss."

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."

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."

4.

To rescue from something undesirable or hurtful; to prevent from doing something; to spare. "I'll save you That labor, sir. All's now done."

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?"

6.

To hold possession or use of; to escape loss of. "Just saving the tide, and putting in a stock of merit."

To save appearances, to preserve a decent outside; to avoid exposure of a discreditable state of things.

Synonyms: To preserve; rescue; deliver; protect; spare; reserve; prevent.

Save v. i. To avoid unnecessary expense or expenditure; to prevent waste; to be economical. "Brass ordnance saveth in the quantity of the material."

preposition

Save prep., conj. Except; excepting; not including; leaving out; deducting; reserving; saving. "Five times received I forty stripes save one."

Synonyms: See Except.

noun

Save n. The herb sage, or salvia. (Obs.)

conjunction

Save conj. Except; unless.

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Etymology of 'Save'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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