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refuge
English
Etymology
From Old French refuge, from Latin refugium, from re- + fugi? (“flee”). Doublet of refugium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???fju?d?/
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
Derived terms
- refugee
- refugium
- refugitive
Translations
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.
- 2011, Michael D. Gumert, Agustín Fuentes, Lisa Jones-Engel, Monkeys on the Edge
- Among these macaques, although activity cycles are quite variable from location to location, refuging is a common characteristic.
- 2011, Michael D. Gumert, Agustín Fuentes, Lisa Jones-Engel, Monkeys on the Edge
- (transitive, obsolete) To shelter; to protect.
Translations
Anagrams
- Fugere
French
Etymology
From Latin refugium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.fy?/
Noun
refuge m (plural refuges)
- refuge
Further reading
- “refuge” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Verb
refuge
- second-person singular present active imperative of refugi?
Old French
Alternative forms
- reffuge
- refiuge
- refuje
Etymology
From Latin refugium.
Noun
refuge m (oblique plural refuges, nominative singular refuges, nominative plural refuge)
- a refuge
- (figuratively) a protector or savior
Descendants
- ? English: refuge
- French: refuge
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preserve
English
Alternative forms
- præserve (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English preserven, from Old French preserver, from Medieval Latin pr?serv?re (“keep, preserve”), from Late Latin praeserv?re (“guard beforehand”), from prae (“before”, adverb) +? serv?re (“maintain, keep”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /p???z??v/
- (General American) IPA(key): /p???z?v/
- Rhymes: -??(?)v
Noun
preserve (countable and uncountable, plural preserves)
- A sweet spread made of any of a variety of fruits.
- A reservation, a nature preserve.
- 1881, Robert Louis Stevenson, Virginibus Puerisque:
- Suppose Shakespeare had been knocked on the head some dark night in Sir Thomas Lucy's preserves, the world would have wagged on better or worse, the pitcher gone to the well, the scythe to the corn, and the student to his book; and no one been any the wiser of the loss.
- 1881, Robert Louis Stevenson, Virginibus Puerisque:
- An activity with restricted access.
- 1989, H. T. Willetts (translator), Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (author), August 1914, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, ?ISBN, page 86:
- No one can argue with that—neither the Army Commander nor Zhilinsky nor even the Grand Duke. That is the Emperor’s preserve. The Emperor says France must be saved. We can only do his bidding.
- 1989, H. T. Willetts (translator), Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (author), August 1914, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, ?ISBN, page 86:
Usage notes
More often used in the plural, as strawberry preserves, but the form without the -s can also be used as the plural form, or to refer to a single type.
Translations
Synonyms
- jam
- jelly
- marmalade
See also
- preserver
Verb
preserve (third-person singular simple present preserves, present participle preserving, simple past and past participle preserved)
- To protect; to keep from harm or injury.
- To save from decay by the use of some preservative substance, such as sugar or salt; to season and prepare (fruits, meat, etc.) for storage.
- to preserve peaches or grapes
- To maintain throughout; to keep intact.
- to preserve appearances; to preserve silence
Translations
References
Anagrams
- persever, perverse
Portuguese
Verb
preserve
- first-person singular present subjunctive of preservar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of preservar
- first-person singular imperative of preservar
- third-person singular imperative of preservar
Spanish
Verb
preserve
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of preservar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of preservar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of preservar.
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