REFUGE

recourse, resort, refuge

(noun) act of turning to for assistance; “have recourse to the courts”; “an appeal to his uncle was his last resort”

refuge, sanctuary, asylum

(noun) a shelter from danger or hardship

recourse, refuge, resort

(noun) something or someone turned to for assistance or security; “his only recourse was the police”; “took refuge in lying”

safety, refuge

(noun) a safe place; “He ran to safety”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

refuge (countable and uncountable, plural refuges)

A state of safety, protection or shelter.

A place providing safety, protection or shelter.

Something or someone turned to for safety or assistance; a recourse or resort.

An expedient to secure protection or defence.

A refuge island.

Synonyms

• haven

• sanctuary

• zoar

Verb

refuge (third-person singular simple present refuges, present participle refuging, simple past and past participle refuged)

(intransitive) To return to a place of shelter.

(transitive, obsolete) To shelter; to protect.

Anagrams

• Fugere

Source: Wiktionary

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Ref"uge (rf"j), n. Etym: [F. réfuge, L. refugium, fr. refugere to flee back; pref. re- + figere. SEe Fugitive.]

1. Shelter or protection from danger or distress. Rocks, dens, and caves! But I in none of these Find place or refuge. Milton. We might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us. Heb. vi. 18.

2. That which shelters or protects from danger, or from distress or calamity; a stronghold which protects by its strength, or a sanctuary which secures safety by its sacredness; a place inaccessible to an enemy. The high hills are a refuger the wild goats. Ps. civ. 18. The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed. Ps. ix. 9.

3. An expedient to secure protection or defense; a device or contrivance. Their latest refuge Was to send him. Shak. Light must be supplied, among gracefulrefuges, by terracing Sir H. Wotton. Cities of refuge (Jewish Antiq.), certain cities appointed as places of safe refuge for persons who had committed homicide without design. Of these there were three on each side of Jordan. Josh. xx.

– House of refuge, a charitable institution for giving shelter and protection to the homeless, destitute, or tempted.

Syn.

– Shelter; asylum; retreat; covert.

Ref"uge (rf"j), v. t.

Definition: To shelter; to protect. [Obs.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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