prep. or conj. [ F. sauf, properly adj., safe. See Safe, a. ] Except; excepting; not including; leaving out; deducting; reserving; saving. [ 1913 Webster ]

Five times received I forty stripes save one. 2 Cor. xi. 24. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- See Except. [ 1913 Webster ]

conj. Except; unless. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Sage the herb. ] The herb sage, or salvia. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

God save all this fair company. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

He cried, saying, Lord, save me. Matt. xiv. 30. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou hast . . . quitted all to save
A world from utter loss. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. 1 Tim. i. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To keep from being spent or lost; to secure from waste or expenditure; to lay up; to reserve. [ 1913 Webster ]

Now save a nation, and now save a groat. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To rescue from something undesirable or hurtful; to prevent from doing something; to spare. [ 1913 Webster ]

I'll save you
That labor, sir. All's now done. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To hinder from doing, suffering, or happening; to obviate the necessity of; to prevent; to spare. [ 1913 Webster ]

Will you not speak to save a lady's blush? Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To hold possession or use of; to escape loss of. [ 1913 Webster ]

Just saving the tide, and putting in a stock of merit. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

To save appearances, to preserve a decent outside; to avoid exposure of a discreditable state of things. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To preserve; rescue; deliver; protect; spare; reserve; prevent. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To avoid unnecessary expense or expenditure; to prevent waste; to be economical. [ 1913 Webster ]

Brass ordnance saveth in the quantity of the material. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Savable. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Save + all. ] Anything which saves fragments, or prevents waste or loss. Specifically: (a) A device in a candlestick to hold the ends of candles, so that they be burned. (b) (Naut.) A small sail sometimes set under the foot of another sail, to catch the wind that would pass under it. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

(c) A trough to prevent waste in a paper-making machine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. cervelas, It. cervellata, fr. cervello brain, L. cerebellum, dim. of cerebrum brain. See Cerebral. ] A kind of dried sausage. McElrath. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Safely. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of saving. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]