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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Save \Save\, n. [See {Sage} the herb.] The herb sage, or salvia. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Save \Save\, 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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Save \Save\, 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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Save \Save\, conj. Except; unless. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: save n 1: (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring; "the goalie made a brilliant save"; "the relief pitcher got credit for a save" v 1: save from ruin, destruction, or harm [syn: {salvage}, {salve}, {relieve}, {save}] 2: to keep up and reserve for personal or special use; "She saved the old family photographs in a drawer" [syn: {save}, {preserve}] 3: bring into safety; "We pulled through most of the victims of the bomb attack" [syn: {save}, {carry through}, {pull through}, {bring through}] 4: spend less; buy at a reduced price 5: accumulate money for future use; "He saves half his salary" [syn: {save}, {lay aside}, {save up}] 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: {save}, {make unnecessary}] 7: save from sins [syn: {deliver}, {redeem}, {save}] 8: refrain from harming [syn: {spare}, {save}] 9: spend sparingly, avoid the waste of; "This move will save money"; "The less fortunate will have to economize now" [syn: {save}, {economize}, {economise}] 10: retain rights to; "keep my job for me while I give birth"; "keep my seat, please"; "keep open the possibility of a merger" [syn: {keep open}, {hold open}, {keep}, {save}] 11: record data on a computer; "boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk" [syn: {write}, {save}] From Danish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 [fd-dan-eng]: save saw