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|Matthew 14:30]]. [[Genesis 45#7|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|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|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|Joshua 11:13]].
Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes, save one. [[2 Corinthians 11#24|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.