SAVES
Noun
saves
plural of save
Verb
saves
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of save
Anagrams
• Vasse, vases
Source: Wiktionary
SAVE
Save, n. Etym: [See Sage the herb.]
Definition: The herb sage, or salvia. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Save, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Saved; p. pr. & vb. n. Saving.] Etym: [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.)
Definition: Specifically, to deliver from 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 appearance, to preserve a decent outside; to avoid exposure
of a discreditable state of things.
Syn.
– To preserve; rescue; deliver; protect; spare; reserve; prevent.
Save, v. i.
Definition: To avoid unnecessary expense or expenditure; to prevent waste;
to be economical.
Brass ordnance saveth in the quantity of the material. Bacon.
Save, prep. or conj. Etym: [F. sauf, properly adj., safe. See Safe,
a.]
Definition: Except; excepting; not including; leaving out; deducting;
reserving; saving.
Five times received I forty stripes save one. 2 Cor. xi. 24.
Syn.
– See Except.
Save, conj.
Definition: Except; unless.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition