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7 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Save \Save\, prep. or conj. [F. sauf, properly adj., safe. See {Safe}, a.] Except; excepting; not including; leaving out deducting; reserving; saving. Five times received I forty stripes save one --2 Cor. xi 24. Syn: See {Except}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Save \Save\, conj. Except; unless. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Save \Save\, n. [See {Sage} the herb.] The herb sage, or salvia. [Obs.] --Chaucer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Save \Save\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Saved}; p. pr & vb n. {Saving}.] [OE. saven, sauven salven, OF salver, sauver, F. sauver, L. salvare, fr salvus saved, safe. See {Safe}, a.] 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. --Chaucer. He cried, saying, Lord, save me --Matt. xiv. 30. Thou hast . . . quitted all to save A world from utter loss --Milton. 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. --1 Tim. i. 15. 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. --Pope. 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 --Shak. 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? --Dryden. 6. To hold possession or use of to escape loss of Just saving the tide, and putting in a stock of merit. --Swift. {To save appearances}, to preserve a decent outside; to avoid exposure of a discreditable state of things Syn: To preserve; rescue; deliver; protect; spare; reserve; prevent. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Save \Save\, v. i. To avoid unnecessary expense or expenditure; to prevent waste; to be economical. Brass ordnance saveth in the quantity of the material. --Bacon. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: save n : the act of preventing the opposition from scoring (in sports): "the goalie made a brilliant save"; "the relief pitcher got credit for a save" v 1: save from ruin or destruction [syn: {salvage}, {salve}, {relieve}] 2: to keep up and reserve for personal or special use: "save something in case you hit trouble." [syn: {preserve}, {conserve}] 3: bring into safety; "We pulled through most of the victims of the bomb attack" [syn: {carry through}, {pull through}, {bring through}] 4: spend less buy at a reduced price 5: feather one's nest; have a nest egg; "He saves half his salary" [syn: {lay aside}, {save up}] [ant: {squander}] 6: make unnecessary an expenditure or effort; "This will save money"; "I'll save you the trouble"; "This will save you a lot of time" [syn: {make unnecessary}] 7: from sins, as in religious dogma [syn: {deliver}, {redeem}] 8: refrain from harming [syn: {spare}] 9: avoid the spending or waste of "This move will save money" 10: retain rights to as of a job or a seat [syn: {keep open}, {hold open}, {keep}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: SAVE An {assembler} for the {Burroughs 220} by Melvin Conway (see {Conway's Law}). The name SAVE" didn't stand for anything it was just that you lost fewer card decks and listings because they all had SAVE written on them (1995-01-16)
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