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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Safe \Safe\, adjective [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.
They escaped all safe to land. --Acts xxvii.
44.
Established in a safe, unenvied throne. --Milton.
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.
The King of heaven hath doomed
This place our dungeon, not our safe retreat.
--Milton.
3. Incapable of doing harm; no longer dangerous; in secure
care or custody; as, the prisoner is safe.
But Banquo's safe?
Ay, my good lord, safe in a ditch he bides. --Shak.
{Safe hit} (Baseball), a hit which enables the batter to get
to first base even if no error is made by the other side.
{safe house}, a residence where a person in hiding from the
authorities or other persons may stay without being
discovered.
Syn: Secure; unendangered; sure.
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