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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."

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... the meteor sooner than I, and as quick as thought he swerved the car, and threw us all off our feet once more. But we should have been thankful if he had broken our heads, since he had saved us ...

— A Columbus of Space • Garrett P. Serviss

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— The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Volume 4 • Edward Gibbon

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