save

SAVE, verb transitive [Latin salvo. As salve is used in Latin for salutation or wishing health, as hail is in English, I suspect this word to be from the root of heal or hail, the first letter being changed. Gr. See Salt.] 1. To preserve from injury, destruction or evil of any kind; to rescue from danger; as, to save a house from the flames; to save a man from drowning; to save a family from ruin; to save a state from war. He cried, saying Lord, save me. Matthew 14:30. Genesis 45:7. 2. To preserve from final and everlasting destruction; to rescue from eternal death. Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. 1 Timothy 1:15. 3. To deliver; to rescue from the power and pollution of sin. He shall save his people from their sins. Matthew 1:21. 4. To hinder from being spent or lost; as, to save the expense of a new garment. Order in all affairs saves time. 5. To prevent. method in affairs saves much perplexity. 6. To reserve or lay by for preservation. Now save a nation, and now save a groat. 7. To spare; to prevent; to hinder from occurrence. Will you not speak to save a lady's blush? Silent and unobserv'd, to save his tears. 8. To salve; as, to save appearances. 9. To take or use opportunely, so as not to lose. The ship sailed in time to save the tide. 10. To except; to reserve from a general admission or account. Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only. Joshua 11:13. Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes, save one. 2 Corinthians 11:24. [Save is here a verb followed by an object. It is the imperative used without a specific nominative; but it is now less frequently used than except.] SAVE, verb intransitive To hinder expense. Brass ordinance saveth in the quantity of the material.