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   Rescue , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rescued ;p. pr. & vb. n. Rescuing.] [OE. rescopuen, OF. rescourre, rescurre, rescorre; L. pref. re- re- + excutere to shake or drive out; ex out + quatere to shake. See Qtash to crush, Rercussion.] To free or deliver from any confinement, violence, danger, or evil; to liberate from actual restraint; to remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil; as, to rescue a prisoner from the enemy; to rescue seamen from destruction.
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   Had I been seized by a hungry lion,
   I would have been a breakfast to the best,
   Rather than have false Proteus rescue me.
   Shak.
   
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   Syn. -- To retake; recapture; free; deliver; liberate; release; save.
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   Rescue , n. [From Rescue, v.; cf. Rescous.]
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   The act of rescuing; deliverance from restraint, violence, or danger; liberation.
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   Spur to the rescue of the noble Talbot.
   Shak.
   
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   (Law) (a) The forcible retaking, or taking away, against law, of things lawfully distrained. (b) The forcible liberation of a person from an arrest or imprisonment. (c) The retaking by a party captured of a prize made by the enemy.
   Bouvier.
   
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   The rescue of a prisoner from the court is punished with perpetual imprisonment and forfeiture of goods.
   Blackstone.
   
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   Rescue grass. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.) A tall grass (Ceratochloa unioloides) somewhat resembling chess, cultivated for hay and forage in the Southern States.
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