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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
safe \safe\, a. compar. safer; superl. safest. oe. sauf,
f. sauf, fr. l. salvus, akin to salus health, welfare,
safety. cf. salute, salvation, sage a plant, save,
salvo an exception.
1. free from harm, injury, or risk; untouched or unthreatened
by danger or injury; unharmed; unhurt; secure; whole; as,
safe from disease; safe from storms; safe from foes. "and
ye dwelled safe." --1 sam. xii. 11.
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they escaped all safe to land. --acts xxvii.
44.
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established in a safe, unenvied throne. --milton.
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2. conferring safety; securing from harm; not exposing to
danger; confining securely; to be relied upon; not
dangerous; as, a safe harbor; a safe bridge, etc. "the man
of safe discretion." --shak.
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the king of heaven hath doomed
this place our dungeon, not our safe retreat.
--milton.
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3. incapable of doing harm; no longer dangerous; in secure
care or custody; as, the prisoner is safe.
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but banquo's safe?
ay, my good lord, safe in a ditch he bides. --shak.
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safe hit baseball, a hit which enables the batter to get
to first base even if no error is made by the other side.
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syn: secure; unendangered; sure.
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see also:
safer safest salute salvation sage save
salvo safe hit
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