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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Shelter \Shel"ter\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Sheltered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sheltering}.]
1. To be a shelter for; to provide with a shelter; to cover from injury or annoyance; to shield; to protect.
Those ruins sheltered once his sacred head. --Dryden.
You have no convents . . . in which such persons may be received and sheltered. --Southey.
2. To screen or cover from notice; to disguise.
In vain I strove to cheek my growing flame, Or shelter passion under friendship's name. --Prior.
3. To betake to cover, or to a safe place; -- used reflexively.
They sheltered themselves under a rock. --Abp. Abbot.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
18 Moby Thesaurus words for "sheltering": covering, custodial, defensive, fostering, guardian, guarding, immunizing, parental, preventive, prophylactic, protecting, protective, safeguarding, screening, shielding, tutelary, vigilant, watchful
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