Save /(?)/

1. The herb sage, or salvia. [Obs.]

imp. & p. p. Saved; p. pr. & vb. n. Saving

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.

   He cried, saying, Lord, save me.

   Thou hast . . . quitted all to save A world from utter loss.

2. 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. (Theol.)

   Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.

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.

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.

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?

6. To hold possession or use of; to escape loss of.

   Just saving the tide, and putting in a stock of merit.

1. To avoid unnecessary expense or expenditure; to prevent waste; to be economical.

   Brass ordnance saveth in the quantity of the material.

1. Except; excepting; not including; leaving out; deducting; reserving; saving.

   Five times received I forty stripes save one.

1. Except; unless.