資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Rescue \Res"cue\ (r?s"k?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rescued}
   (-k?d);p. pr. & vb. n. {Rescuing}.] [OE. rescopuen, OF.
   rescourre, rescurre, rescorre; L. pref. re- re- + excutere to
   shake or drive out; ex out + quatere to shake. See {Qtash} to
   crush, {Rercussion}.]
   To free or deliver from any confinement, violence, danger, or
   evil; to liberate from actual restraint; to remove or
   withdraw from a state of exposure to evil; as, to rescue a
   prisoner from the enemy; to rescue seamen from destruction.

         Had I been seized by a hungry lion, I would have been a
         breakfast to the best, Rather than have false Proteus
         rescue me.                               --Shak.

   Syn: To retake; recapture; free; deliver; liberate; release;
        save.