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SAVED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Guarded from injury or destruction
Synonyms:
protected; saved
Classified under:
Similar:
preserved (kept intact or in a particular condition)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Rescued; especially from the power and consequences of sin
Example:
a saved soul
Classified under:
Similar:
blessed (enjoying the bliss of heaven)
ransomed (reclaimed by payment of a ransom)
reclaimed; rescued (delivered from danger)
ransomed; redeemed (saved from the bondage of sin)
salvageable (capable of being saved from ruin)
Also:
blessed; blest (highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace))
found (come upon unexpectedly or after searching)
regenerate (reformed spiritually or morally)
Antonym:
lost (spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb save
Context examples:
This man had saved his life, which was something; but, further, he was the ideal master.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
These letters would have saved him.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It would have saved me something, sir.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Those who had saved my life, whom, till this hour, I had loved barrenly, I could now benefit.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
He had saved a few hundreds, and we were to marry at the New Year.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I wish you had saved yourself this walk home.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
Jim, said Silver when we were alone, if I saved your life, you saved mine; and I'll not forget it.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
By one measure I might have saved myself.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
“You have saved more than us,” said John, pointing to the banner which leaned against the rock behind him.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
And then, he saved her life.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
