3. A counterpart. Bouvier.
Rescription
(Re*scrip"tion) n. [L. rescriptio: cf. F. rescription. See Rescribe.] A writing back; the
answering of a letter. Loveday.
Rescriptive
(Re*scrip"tive) a. Pertaining to, or answering the purpose of, a rescript; hence, deciding; settling; determining.
Rescriptively
(Re*scrip"tive*ly), adv. By rescript. Burke.
Rescuable
(Res"cu*a*ble) a. That may be rescued.
Rescue
(Res"cue) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rescued (-k?d);p. pr. & vb. n. Rescuing.] [OE. rescopuen,
OF. rescourre, rescurre, rescorre; L. pref. re- re- + excutere to shake or drive out; ex out + quatere
to shake. See Qtash to crush, Rercussion.] To free or deliver from any confinement, violence, danger,
or evil; to liberate from actual restraint; to remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil; as, to rescue
a prisoner from the enemy; to rescue seamen from destruction.
Had I been seized by a hungry lion,
I would have been a breakfast to the best,
Rather than have false
Proteus rescue me.
Shak. Syn. — To retake; recapture; free; deliver; liberate; release; save.
Rescue
(Res"cue) n. [From Rescue, v.; cf. Rescous.]
1. The act of rescuing; deliverance from restraint, violence, or danger; liberation.
Spur to the rescue of the noble Talbot.
Shak. 2. (Law) (a) The forcible retaking, or taking away, against law, of things lawfully distrained. (b) The
forcible liberation of a person from an arrest or imprisonment. (c) The retaking by a party captured of a
prize made by the enemy. Bouvier.
The rescue of a prisoner from the court is punished with perpetual imprisonment and forfeiture of goods.
Blackstone. Rescue grass. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.) A tall grass (Ceratochloa unioloides) somewhat resembling
chess, cultivated for hay and forage in the Southern States.
Rescueless
(Res"cue*less), a. Without rescue or release.
Rescuer
(Res"cu*er) n. One who rescues.
Rescussee
(Res`cus*see") n. (O.Eng. Law) The party in whose favor a rescue is made. Crabb.
Rescussor
(Res*cus"sor) n. [LL.] (O.Eng.Law) One who makes an unlawful rescue; a rescuer. Burril.
Rese
(Rese) v. i. To shake; to quake; to tremble. [Obs.] "It made all the gates for to rese." Chaucer.
Re-search
(Re-search") v. t. [Pref. re- + search.] To search again; to examine anew.
Research
(Re*search") n. [Pref. re- + search: cf OF. recerche, F. recherche.] Diligent inquiry or
examination in seeking facts or principles; laborious or continued search after truth; as, researches of
human wisdom.
The dearest interests of parties have frequently been staked on the results of the researches of antiquaries.
Macaulay.
