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Refuge
Definitions
- 1 A state of safety, protection or shelter. countable, uncountable
"Rocks, dens, and caves! But I in none of these / Find place or refuge."
- 2 act of turning to for assistance wordnet
- 3 A place providing safety, protection or shelter. countable, uncountable
"One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier."
- 4 a shelter from danger or hardship wordnet
- 5 Something or someone turned to for safety or assistance; a recourse or resort. countable, uncountable
"Since its conception, the European Union has been a haven for those seeking refuge from war, persecution and poverty in other parts of the world."
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- 6 something or someone turned to for assistance or security wordnet
- 7 An expedient to secure protection or defence. countable, uncountable
"Their latest refuge / Was to send him."
- 8 a safe place wordnet
- 9 A refuge island. countable, uncountable
- 1 To return to a place of shelter. intransitive
"Among these macaques, although activity cycles are quite variable from location to location, refuging is a common characteristic."
- 2 To shelter; to protect. obsolete, transitive
Etymology
From Middle English refuge, from Old French refuge, from Latin refugium, from re- + fugiō (“flee”). Doublet of refugium.
From Middle English refuge, from Old French refuge, from Latin refugium, from re- + fugiō (“flee”). Doublet of refugium.
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